Paramount Pictures has named Shia LaBeouf as the lead in the studio's adaptation of the forthcoming John Grisham legal thriller The Associate.
LaBeouf will play a student nearing graduation from Yale Law School who is given privileged information about ...
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Per Variety, George Clooney and producing partner Grant Heslov are snatching up screen rights to The Innocent Man, John Grisham's nonfiction account of Oklahoman Ron Williamson's 11-year stint on death row for a murder he did not commit.... Open Water helmer Chris Kentis and Laura Lau are penning an adaptation of In Harm's Way, in which an estimated 900 World War II servicemen, after abandoning the torpedoed U.S.S. Indianapolis, floated for five days in the shark-infested Philippine Sea.
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Hopefully, fans of novelist John Grisham won't mind that Runaway Jury — the latest flick adapted from his legal fiction (due later this year) — plays musical chairs with social issues. In the works since 1997, Jury's story has gone from a courtroom battle over tobacco (as in the book) to gun control. That's a hot-button issue for actor Bruce Davison, who co-stars with John Cusack, Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman in the film.
For the role of attorney Derwood Cable, Davison had to set aside his strong anti-gun sentiments to defend the gun manufacturer being sued. "It certainly goes against [my p
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