Shia LaBeouf roped in for Grisham's legal thriller
News
oi-Staff
By Staff
London
(ANI):
Actor
Shia
LaBeouf
has
reportedly
been
roped
in
for
a
film
adaptation
of
John
Grisham's
latest
book
'The
Associate'.
The
young
comedian,
who
shot
to
prominence
by
starring
in
the
Disney
Channel
series
'Even
Stevens',
is
said
to
have
bagged
the
title
role
in
the
forthcoming
legal
thriller,
that
will
be
up
for
grabs
in
January
next
year,
reports
the
Daily
Express.
The
Indiana
Jones
star
will
allegedly
star
as
a
Yale
Law
School
graduate
who
is
provided
with
confidential
information
about
a
multi-billion
dollar
lawsuit.
The
22-year-old
might
also
fall
in
the
league
of
high-profile
actors
such
as
Tom
Cruise,
Denzel
Washington
and
Gene
Hackman,
who
have
all
led
the
Grisham
adaptations.
LaBeouf
had
made
the
transition
to
film
roles
with
box-office
hit
'Holes'
and
supporting
roles
such
as
those
in
'Constantine'
and
'I,
Robot'.