Here’s one you probably didn’t see coming: Rob Thomas, best known for creating the Veronica Mars television show, is looking to adapt Les Miserables for the small screen.

The Les Miserables television show would be adapted as a “present-day” legal drama, according to Deadline.

The show follows “a brilliant lawyer running a legal exoneration program who fights to evade the consequences of his own unjust conviction many years before,” says the report. “He must navigate high society, continue his mission of saving innocent people, and manage his tumultuous family and romantic life — all while staying one step ahead of a ruthless U.S. Attorney who refuses to let the ghosts of the past die.”

Thomas serves as executive producer alongside co-collaboraters Danielle Stokdyk and Dan Etheridge. The trio worked together on Veronica Mars for UPN.

Les Miserables has been in the global spotlight over the past year thanks to the latest film version starring Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, and Amanda Seyfried. It opened in theaters last December.

Thomas’ show doesn’t appear to be a musical adaptation and instead takes on some of the original story’s themes and motives. Will this be a show that’s of interest to you if it ever sees the light of day?

If the Les Miserables television show continues to move forward, don’t expect to see it on your screen for at least a year or two.

Meanwhile, Thomas’ Veronica Mars movie starring Kristen Bell is slated to hit theaters early next year.