New Legal Drama Spotlights Lawyers Fighting Climate Change in Court
Victoria Asare-Archer, writer of 'Missing You', is developing a new environmental legal drama for Eleventh Hour Films. Asare-Archer was lead writer and executive producer on Netflix's Harlan Coben adaptation 'Missing You' and previously wrote on 'Stay Close' for Netflix and VR Game 'Doctor Who: The Runaway,' which was nominated for an Emmy. The series, based on Monica Feria-Tinta's 2025 book 'A Barrister For The Earth,' will focus on people working in cutting-edge environmental law as they seek to defend the earth against climate change. Feria-Tinta, whose book was shortlisted at the Westminster Book Awards, will also serve as inspiration for the series. The lawyer, who specializes in public international law, has appeared in courtrooms across the globe in her quest for environmental justice. In 2020 she brought the first 'rights of nature' case in the world before the Constitutional Court of Ecuador and in 2022 she helped convince the UN Human Rights Committee to find a sovereign state responsible for a lack of action regarding climate change in the Torres Strait Islanders case. Sony Pictures-backed Eleventh Hour, best known for shows such as 'Alex Rider' and 'Magpie Murders,' are teaming on the project with global organization Climate Spring, whose mission is to revolutionize how climate change is represented on screen and in popular culture. 'I'm honoured that Eleventh Hour Films and Climate Spring see the potential for this story to reach a wider audience,' said Feria-Tinta. 'The issues at the heart of this book - environmental justice, the beauty of the natural world, and the power of the law to protect it - deserve to be seen and heard.' Eve Gutierrez and Paula Cuddy, co-CEOs of Eleventh Hour Films said: 'Monica is a fearless legal mind who has written a book that deftly demonstrates how the law is a powerful tool for the survival of our planet. More than anything she offers us what we're all looking for right now - hope for the future.' 'We're delighted to have the brilliant screenwriter Victoria Asare-Archer spin an original contemporary series set in this exciting new world of environmental law, and to partner with Climate Spring who share our vision to deliver commercial scripted content in this space.' Lucy Stone, founder of Climate Spring, added: 'We're thrilled to bring our partnership and climate narrative expertise to this project. Legal drama is an exciting storytelling lens to explore the climate crisis, with huge potential to reach audiences who come for the entertainment, while thoughtfully unpacking questions of justice, accountability and power.'
