Shia LaBeouf to Star in John Grisham’s The Associate
By now we all know that Shia LaBeouf has the teenage moviegoing crowd pretty much wrapped around his finger, but at what point will he start making movies that appeal to an older demographic? How about… now? According to Variety, The Beef has just signed on to star in an upcoming legal thriller based on John Grisham’s book The Associate. The plot involves a law school grad who is blackmailed into joining a reputable law firm.
The movie is being set up at Paramount, with Lorenzo di Bonaventura (A Time to Kill, The Client) producing. I’m guessing part of the reason that LaBeouf was considered for the lead role was his previous experience with blackmail in Eagle Eye. di Bonaventura reportedly talked him into it while on the set of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The book hasn’t actually been released yet (it hits stores on January 27th, 2009) but it is expected to go straight to the top of the best sellers list. What do you think, Shia as a young hotshot lawyer? Is this something you want to see on the big screen?
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I think it is sick and horrible that they option things and try to adapt them w/o the source material present (like they did with Wanted)….I don’t get it.
Isn’t the main point of an adaptation (by a corporate bastard) to cash in on a fanbase that is already there? Aren’t there some finished books (inb4 the same go to novelists like King, Grisham, and Clancy) that still go w/o ownership by a studio? Aren’t there original screenplays by the pros that just simply aren’t being read? A
Are my questions all futile because there isn’t any originality or common sense in Hollywood?
Posted by Ryan M. on December 2nd, 2008For once, couldn’t Hollywood give us a movie about a young lawyer who ISN’T a hotshot? Maybe someone who isn’t big on lawyering, someone who really just wants to settle down, open a pizza joint and take his son to t-ball games. But his parents’ ambitions pushed him through law school all the way to the top, and he’s looking back saying to himself, “This isn’t what I wanted. This isn’t it at all.” That’s the kind of lawyer movie I want to see.
Posted by Joel on December 2nd, 2008im excited for this, shia seemed way more mature in eagle eye than any role i’ve seen him in.
Posted by clint on December 3rd, 2008Leave a Reply