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...
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