Tell Your Dad Hulu Is Prepping an Ambitious John Grisham TV Universe

As you wrap up another hardcover copy of a John Grisham novel as a holiday gift for your Dad, Hulu has its own present for dear ol' Pa. The streamer has cut a deal for not one, but two series based on a pair of Grisham's novels. Big deal, you say. But it's how the shows are being packaged that's really going to blow your mind.

Hulu is eyeing an entire John Grisham universe (let's call it the JGU) of TV series, starting with adaptations of The Rainmaker and Rogue Lawyer, according to Deadline. What's really cool is that both shows will be released simultaneously, as they share storylines, characters and a common villain, essentially making both series crossovers.

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However, each series will allegedly stand on their own, meaning they can be watched individually. Watch The Rainmaker first, then move on to Rogue Lawyer, or watch Rogue Lawyer then The Rainmaker. Or, you can watch one episode of The Rainmaker and then an episode of Rogue Lawyer, and go back and forth the whole way through. Maybe you can even watch three episodes of Rogue Lawyer, then four episodes of The Rainmaker, then two episodes of Rogue Lawyer and one episode of The Rainmaker or whatever other unholy combination you can think of. Hulu would not confirm that you can watch the series that way, but it's giving you some options, basically.

If all goes well, more of Grisham's books will be adapted and possibly told in similar parallel fashion. Dude has almost 40 novels published, so there's plenty of material to work with here.

Though most adaptations of Grisham's work have been on the big screen, a few of his books have been turned into TV shows. CBS gave us The Client in 1995, and fans objected to NBC's The Firm, which bombed in 2012. An adaptation of Grisham's only true crime nonfiction book, The Innocent Man, debuts Dec. 14 on Netflix.

There's no word on a premiere date for the JGU.