Now a decade after John Grisham's novel "The Testament" first landed in bookstores, the bestselling author has decided that it is time for the book to join his other titles like "The Associate," "A Time to Kill," and "The Rainmaker" in Hollywood. The best-selling author, who reportedly held out for creative control over the film, seems to have found a deal he liked enough to option the book to producers Mark Johnson and Hunt Lowry, and 821 Entertainment.

"I've been calling [Grisham and his agent] since I read ["The Testament"] the first time and felt it had the best of the courthouse stuff that John writes so well, plus this exotic adventure in deepest Brazil," Johnson told Variety. Read more...

They grow up so fast. Just yesterday, it seemed like Shia LaBeouf was talking to transforming robots and chasing after his dad, Indiana Jones. Now, he's all grown up and about to graduate from Yale Law School -- well, on the big screen, anyway. Variety reports that LaBeouf has signed on to play the lead in "The Associate" for Paramount Pictures. This is Grisham's first legal thriller in three years, and Paramount just snagged the rights to it after it was quietly shopped to only four producers.

Based on the upcoming John Grisham novel, LaBeouf will play a student who's set to graduate from Yale Law School, when he's manipulated into accepting a job at a prestigious law firm. But all is not as lucky as it seems when he's given inside information about a multibillion-dollar lawsuit. Read more...