Mark Wahlberg in Early Talks for John Grisham Adaptation ‘The Partner’

Posted on Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 by Angie Han

For about ten years from the mid-’90s to the mid-’00s, author John Grisham was a ubiquitous presence in Hollywood. 1993 saw the releases of The Firm and The Client, both based on bestselling Grisham books, and adaptations like A Time to Kill, The Rainmaker, and Runaway Jury soon followed. In recent years, however, his popularity has waned. Aside from the new NBC series The Firm, which debuted in January, it’s been about eight years since we’ve seen any of Grisham’s novels come to life.

But legal thrillers have never completely gone out of fashion, and Grisham could be heading back to the big screen again soon with the help of Mark Wahlberg. The Fighter star is in early talks for The Partner, based on Grisham’s book of the same title. More details after the jump.

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‘The Blind Side’ Director in Talks For Making of ‘Mary Poppins’ Drama ‘Saving Mr. Banks’

Posted on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 by Russ Fischer

Last year, one of the scripts that placed well on the Black List, aka a rundown of popular unproduced screenplays, was Saving Mr. Banks by Kelly Marcel. The script tells of the decade-plus effort by Walt Disney to get P.L. Travers to allow Disney to make a film based on her book Mary Poppins.

Disney started moving to pick up the script this month, and Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep were quickly rumored for the major roles. We don’t have confirmation of that casting at this point, but John Lee Hancock, who last made The Blind Side, is now in talks to direct. Read More »

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