Actor Mark Wahlberg will star in and produce New Regency's upcoming adaptation of author John Grisham's 1997 novel, "The Partner". Co-producer is Stephen Levinson :
"...'Patrick Lanigan', a junior partner in a law firm in Biloxi, Mississippi, gets wind of a plan masterminded by 'Benny Aricia' to defraud the US government over a shipbuilding overcharging scheme. 
"His firm is deeply involved in the scam and the firm stands to gain $90 million. However, they're planning to keep Patrick from sharing in the profits, despite his status as a partner in the firm. He bides his time, secretly collecting evidence. He knows that simply stealing the money and running won't work, so he feigns his own death in an automobile accident. When the body is found, it is identified as Patrick, though it is badly burned, and subsequently cremated. His wife Trudy received $2.5 million in life insurance.
"Six weeks later, $90 million vanishes from the law firm's off-shore bank account. The associates know that only an insider had the knowledge to pull it off and eventually they start wondering if Patrick is really dead after all..."Click the images to enlarge...
