Jason Bateman, Tom Holland team up for Grisham’s ‘The Partner’

Emmy-winning filmmaker Jason Bateman is set to collaborate with Tom Holland on a screen adaptation of John Grisham's 1997 legal thriller "The Partner", according to US media reports.

The project will be produced under Bateman's Aggregate Films banner, with Michael Costigan also on board. Holland will both produce and star in the film as Patrick Lanigan, a young lawyer at a Biloxi law firm who stages his own death in a fiery car crash.

Leaving behind a wife, a newborn daughter and a carefully concealed plan, Lanigan absconds with USD 90 million stolen from his firm's client accounts. He builds a new life in South America, finding both love and freedom — until the firm's client discovers the missing fortune and begins a relentless hunt for the lawyer he refuses to believe is dead.

Forced to resurface, Lanigan must face the FBI — and confront the family and past he abandoned.

Bateman, who won an Emmy in 2019 for directing "Ozark", has previously helmed "Bad Words" and "The Family Fang". He is currently starring in Netflix's "Black Rabbit".

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