John Grisham has lifted the veil. His self-imposed no novel to film rule has been ditched. The writer has since had The Testament optioned by Hollywood.
"The story is almost a collection of snapshots or vignettes. When they are all laid out, they tell the story like a scrapbook. Here we did this. Then we did that. His voice is not folksy, it's matter-of-fact. And, somehow, it just works."
Two other books are said to be ready for the big lights: The Partner and The Associate. The latter has Oscar-winning screenwriter William Monahan and Shia Labeouf attached.
With the Testament, Grisham received greater creattive control over the adaptation and a piece of the back-end as part of his cooperation.
Producers on board include Hunt Lowry, A Time to Kill for $6 million as well as Mark Johnson of Prince Caspian and 821 Entertainment.
A script writer has not been employed yet for the treatment.
Source: Empire Magazine and Bookreeporter
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