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It’s been a decade since Grisham said ‘Yes” to a movie deal.  This time John Grisham gets to call the shots, including script approval, in his next movie deal for his 1999 bestselling novel “The Testament.”   

The Testament concerns a billionaire who disregards his greedy relatives and leaves his $11 billion fortune to a mysterious illegitimate daughter doing charity work in the Brazilian wetlands. A down-and-out lawyer helps her battle her relatives over the fortune.

Variety reports that Grisham will have the right to provide creative input, which he didn’t always have in the past — one of the factors that pushed him away from Hollywood until about three years ago, when his fans prodded him to end his self-imposed movie moratorium.

I am looking forward to seeing his story on the big screen.

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William Monahan (The Departed) is assigned by Paramount to adapt John Grisham’s bestselling legal thriller “The Associate” with Shia LaBeouf attached to star..

LaBeouf  is set to play a Yale Law School student with a disreputable secret that leaves him in a weak position to be blackmail. He’s manipulated into acquiring a job at a law firm and working on a multibillion-dollar lawsuit.

Monahan gladly takes on the job while he prepares for his directorial debut on his scripted adaptation of the Ken Bruen novel “London Boulevard.” The movie stars Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley. Production starts in June in London.

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