EXCLUSIVE: Milo Callaghan (Dune: Prophesy) is set to star opposite John Slattery in USA Network's The Rainmaker, based on John Grisham's best-selling novel of the same name.
Rudy Baylor is a terrible lawyer – The Rainmaker (1997)
In a series regular role, Callagan will play Rudy Baylor, a fresh-out-of-law graduate who takes on a medical malpractice case against legendary attorney Leo F. Drummond (Slattery) that exposes a shocking conspiracy.
Rudy was famously portrayed by Matt Damon in The Rainmaker, the 1997 film adaptation of the novel directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
The Lionsgate and Blumhouse series from writer and executive producer Michael Seitzman follows law school grad Rudy Baylor as he goes head-to-head with courtroom hero Leo Drummond and his girlfriend Sarah Plankmore (Madison Iseman). Rudy, along with his boss and her disheveled paralegal, uncover two interconnected conspiracies surrounding the mysterious death of their client’s son.