Indiana Jones and Transformers star, Shia Labeouf, is set to star in an upcoming legal thriller “The Associate” a movie that will be adapted from the novel written by John Grisham.

Labeouf will play a student who’s about ready 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.

The film will be made by Paramount Pictures. No director has been found yet for “The Associate”. Labeouf is currently filming “Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen”.

Variety Reports:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117996646.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Kev