William Monahan adapting Grisham’s ‘The Associate

William Monahan, the screenwriter best known for writing ‘The Departed’, will be adapting the John Grisham novel ‘The Associate’ for a feature film for Paramount. Â  The film will serve as a star vehicle for Shia Labeouf.

LaBeouf will play a Yale Law School student with a sordid secret that leaves him vulnerable to blackmail. He’s manipulated into taking a job at a law firm and working on a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit.

Monahan won an Academy Award for his adapted screenplay of ‘The Departed’, which was based on the Hong Kong film, ‘Infernal Affairs’.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing. Production begins in June in London.

Source: Variety