Cupertino calling: Creators Robert and Michelle King go back to court to disrupt the Silicon Valley disruptors
The Good Wife and The Good Fight creators Robert and Michelle King are back in court, this time taking on the titans of Silicon Valley in CBS drama Cupertino. Speaking to DQ as they finish writing the first season, they discuss their love of the law, backing the underdog and how technology is changing their own creative partnership. As the creators of shows such as In Justice, The Good Wife, The Good Fight and Elsbeth, Robert and Michelle King could be forgiven for thinking they had covered every aspect of legal drama on television. But as their new show Cupertino attests, they’ve found a new enthusiasm and direction for the genre by taking the battle to Silicon Valley, where AI and technology cultivated by just a handful of corporate giants are evolving faster than the law can keep up with. “Well, we always enjoy law shows,” Michelle tells DQ. “Personally, I’ve never been especially interested in shows where combat involves guns. I’d much rather watch smart people fight it out with words and argue things through, and law shows give us that opportunity.” “It felt like a world built for what we do because there’s a certain lawlessness that enters a gold rush town, a feeling that advancement and creating riches is more important than being held to a moral standard, an ethical standard, and it felt like a good place for the law show to go up against these people who think of themselves as invulnerable and untouchable,” Robert … Continue reading Cupertino calling: Creators Robert and Michelle King go back to court to disrupt the Silicon Valley disruptors
