By “Spider-Man” star Tom Holland is set to play a lawyer, in a new adaptation of John Grisham’s 1997 novel “The Partner” at Universal Pictures.
The story follows a well-liked, well-paid young partner in a thriving Mississippi law firm who stole $90 million from a wealthy client, fakes his own death and ran for his life to Brazil.
For four years, he has evaded men who would stop at nothing to find him. Now he is coming home and an extraordinary trial is about to begin as this most reviled white-collar criminal of his time knows the truth.
The work was Grisham’s eighth novel, the prior seven – “A Time to Kill,” “The Firm,” “The Pelican Brief,” “The Client,” “The Chamber,” “The Rainmaker,” “The Runaway Jury” – have all been adapted to film.
Holland will also serve as a producer on the film, which is being adapted by “The Imitation Game” scribe Graham Moore.
It’s unclear when the project will shoot as Holland is committed to Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” and “Spider-Man 4” filming this year along with appearances in the next two “Avengers” films.
Source: Variety
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