This is a bummer, I was looking forward to seeing Tommy Lee Jones showing us what he’s got as a feature director again after The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada but we’ll have to wait a little longer for his next one. It was previously announced that Tommy Lee Jones will direct and star in the adaptation of THE LINCOLN LAWYER starring Matthew McConaughey as the character Mickey Haller,a lawyer who operates out of the back of his Lincoln… Read the rest of this entry »
The great Tommy Lee Jones is ready to go behind the camera once again, I thought The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada was a great work but maybe this next gig would help him prove to others that he’s an actor turned director that deserves to be recognized. According to Riskybizblog, Jones is set to direct and co-star in THE LINCOLN LAWYER already starring the guy who doesn’t like wearing any shirt, Matthew McConaughey. It’s an adaptation of the novel by author Michael Connelly.
McConaughey is set to star as the character Mickey Haller,a lawyer who operates out of the back of his Lincoln. Though it hasn’t been confirmed yet but word has it Jones might play the second lead, the playboy character. Problem is the book describes this character as someone who’s younger than Jones, although screenwriter John Romano might make some adjustments to suit The Fugitive Oscar winner.
Here’s the official synopsis of the book…
“Meet Mickey Haller, a cynical defense attorney whose one remaining spark of integrity may cost him his life. Mickey Haller has spent all his professional life afraid that he wouldn’t recognize innocence if it stood right in front of him. But what he should have been on the watch for was evil. Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car, traveling between the far-flung courthouses of Los Angeles to defend clients of every kind. Bikers, con artists, drunk drivers, drug dealers – they’re all on Mickey Haller’s client list. For him, the law is rarely about guilt or innocence – it’s about negotiation and manipulation. Sometimes it’s even about justice. A Beverly Hills playboy arrested for attacking a woman he picked up in a bar chooses Haller to defend him, and Mickey has his first high-paying client in years. It is a defense attorney’s dream, what they call a franchise case. And as the evidence stacks up, Haller comes to believe this may be the easiest case of his career. Then someone close to him is murdered and Haller discovers that his search for innocence has brought him face-to-face with evil as pure as a flame. To escape without being burned, he must deploy every tactic, feint, and instinct in his arsenal – this time to save his own life.”
