Jada Pinkett Smith to Star in New ABC Pilot ‘Murder Town’

Jada Pinkett Smith is headed back to television.  The actress will follow up her one-season run on Fox’s “Gotham” with a starring role in ABC’s upcoming drama pilot “Murder Town.”  Jada plays a beautiful and complicated prosecutor who makes history as Wilmington, Delaware’s, first African-American district attorney. There, she finds herself confronted by old loyalties and loves as well as a shocking revelation about her murdered husband and a polarizing, racially charged case that threatens to burn her and her city to the ground.  The project, developed at A+E Studios, will also feature the actress as an executive producer through her company with husband Will Smith, Overbrook Entertainment.