The partnership of Tom Holland and Jason Bateman is about, as the 2 are teaming up for a movie adaptation of a best-selling John Grisham novel.
Deadline first reported on Oct. 2 that Bateman is lining as much as direct Common Studios’ The Accomplice, based mostly on Grisham’s 1997 authorized thriller. He joins Holland, who is predicted to star in and produce. Bateman may also function an govt producer by his Mixture Movies manufacturing firm.
Holland signed on to The Accomplice again in January 2025, when it was additionally introduced that Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning scribe of The Imitation Recreation, would pen the script. No different casting has been introduced, and no launch date has been set as of writing.
The Accomplice tells the story of Patrick Lanigan (Holland), a younger associate in an upscale however crooked legislation agency. In an try to begin a brand new life, Lanigan steals $90 million from a consumer, fakes his demise, and heads to South America. Nevertheless, when the consumer learns his cash has been stolen, he refuses to imagine that Lanigan is useless and is set to trace him down, throwing a wrench in Lanigan’s plans.
This might be Bateman’s third characteristic directorial effort, following 2013’s Dangerous Phrases and 2015’s The Household Fang. Within the 10 years since Bateman final directed a characteristic, he has directed TV, together with successful an Emmy for his path on his hit Netflix sequence Ozark, in addition to directing two episodes of his newest Netflix sequence, Black Rabbit.
It’s unclear presently when manufacturing on The Accomplice will get underway, however Holland is at the moment in manufacturing on Spider-Man: Model New Day, which has a July 31, 2026, launch date. Holland additionally stars in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which has a July 17, 2026, launch date. Followers have additionally been questioning about Holland’s future as Spider-Man, and whether or not he’ll seem within the upcoming Avengers: Secret Wars, which he’s at the moment not confirmed to be in.
The Accomplice is the most recent work from authorized thriller creator to get the massive display screen therapy. Ten of John Grisham’s novels have beforehand been become movies, together with field workplace hits like The Agency, The Pelican Temporary, The Shopper, and A Time to Kill. The Accomplice is the primary Grisham work that’s being tailored as a film since 2004, when his Christmas-themed novel, Skipping Christmas, grew to become 2004’s Christmas with the Kranks.
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January 14, 1969
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Rye, New York, USA