Jason Bateman is set to direct the upcoming adaptation of John Grisham‘s novel The Partner, with Tom Holland in talks to star!
This Universal project will mark the 56-year-old Ozark star’s third directorial feature. He’ll also executive produce the film under his Aggregate Films banner, reports Deadline.
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The Spider-Man actor was previously announced as a producer and lead actor for the role. His discount has not yet been finalized, but the 29-year-old is expected to play Patrick Lanigan, described as “a young partner in a white shoe Biloxi law firm who fakes his own death.”
The Partner follows Patrick as he abandons his old life for a new one by “stealing $90 million from a client of his crooked law firm.”
“He finds happiness and love in South America. When the client who worked so hard to defraud the government finds the money is missing from his offshore accounts, he becomes determined to hunt down the lawyer he doesn’t believe is dead. That leads the attorney to have to turn himself in to the FBI and face up to the wife, child and life he left behind,” reads the outlet’s summary.
Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning writer behind The Imitation Game, will pen the script.
Jason recently starred in the Netflix crime thriller series Black Rabbit. Check out the photos of him at the show’s premiere alongside his Ozark co-star Laura Linney!
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