Tom Holland (Spider-Man) will star in and produce The Partner, a film adaptation of John Grisham's 1997 novel, for Universal Pictures, Deadline reported. Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) is writing the script.
The Partner "was once set up to be John Lee Hancock's follow-up to The Blind Side at New Regency, which made A Time to Kill, The Client and The Runaway Jury," Deadline noted, adding: "It stalled and the rights eventually came free. Rideback bought them, and set up the project at Universal. Holland just set up a new production label, Billy17, along with brother Harry Holland and Will South, and they're joining Rideback as producers."