Shia LeBeouf will take a break from special effects blockbusters to portray the lead in Paramount's adaptation of John Grisham's The Associate. The book won't publish until January, but Paramount has already secured the rights and Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers, Stardust) is set to produce.
LeBeouf will play a young Yale Law grad who is coaxed into a job at prestigious law firm and given sensitive information about a multibillion-dollar lawsuit.
Up next for LeBeouf in theaters is Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which releases June 26, 2009.
Source: firstshowing.net