We have word today that The Beef will be playing a lawyer in the upcoming legal thriller The Associate. We get the following scoop thanks to our friends at comingsoon:
Paramount Pictures has set Shia LaBeouf to play the title role in the big screen version of John Grisham’s upcoming legal thriller “The Associate,” which the studio has just acquired rights to. Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing.
Variety says LaBeouf will play a student who’s about to graduate from Yale Law School when he’s manipulated into accepting a job at a prestige law firm and given privileged information about a multibillion-dollar lawsuit.
I’m not big on legal dramas, thrillers, comedies yadda, yadda, yadda. Court is a place I never want to be, and I get little satisfaction from watching cases unfold on screen. There are exceptions to this rule of course. To Kill A Mockingbird is great, as is the deliberation boiler room known as 12 Angry Men (the original, not the Tony Danza remake).
Also, love him or hate him – is Shia “The Beeflord” going to be able pull off a role as a lawyer? I know the character is fresh out of school, but I’m not sure I see Shia as the most “sellable” in this role. Maybe its just me however, he could be exceptional in front of the judge – we will wait and see.
International Friends – have any of you read this book? If so, what do you think about this news, is The Beef the man for the job, or do you consider this to be a miscast?
