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Tommy Lee Jones And Matthew McConaughey Take On THE LINCOLN LAWYER!!
Merrick here...
Tommy Lee Jones is looking to direct and co-star in an adaptation of Michael Connelly's novel THE LINCOLN LAWYER (available HERE
). Matthew McConaughey would star.
"Lawyer," which is set up at Lakeshore Entertainment, centers on Mickey Haller, a wheeler-dealer Los Angeles lawyer who operates out of the back of his Lincoln. Haller is content with a career defending garden-variety criminals until he lands the case of a lifetime: defending a Beverly Hills playboy accused of murder.
McConaughey is on board to play Haller. It's unclear what role Jones would play; the playboy character, which could be the second male lead, is described in the book as somewhat younger than Jones, though the part could be adjusted to accommodate an older interpretation.
...says THR HERE.
Jones' last feature film directorial endeavor was THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA
back 'round 2005, although he's currently helming a TV adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's THE SUNSET LIMITED 
for HBO. I believe that's supposed to broadcast next year.
McConaughey is on board to play Haller. It's unclear what role Jones would play; the playboy character, which could be the second male lead, is described in the book as somewhat younger than Jones, though the part could be adjusted to accommodate an older interpretation.
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Oct 14, 2009 11:50:20 AM CDT
There Are Egyptian Mummies Somewhat Younger Than Jones
by aquatarkusman
Old ass bastard
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Hey been away from the site for a few days... looks like I returned just in time...
A MATTHEW MCCONNAUGHEY MOVIE! PLAYING A LAWYER! WHOOP! COOL NEWS! -
Roll around shirtless showing off his stumpy arms?
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And could play him?
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Who decides how many exclamation marks a headline gets on AICN? Some headlines get ! some get !! and some get !!!
I personally woulda thought this particular story only merited a ! but it got a !!.
Maybe I just don't understand the ! system. -
that isn't some shitty fucking chick flick. The guy has range, he just needs to show it.
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Will play either the gruff old mentor lawyer, or the tough guy antagonist lawyer. CALLED IT.
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Dude would be a great character on the silver screen
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That post heading almost made me spit out my pudding.Yup, I'm eating pudding. Bill Cosby wouldn't lie to me.
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I think the ! system is much like how the NFL calls roughing the passer. It's gone to the extreme now, and everything is called roughing the passer. Headlines now get too many !.
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Oct 14, 2009 12:13:32 PM CDT
I never want to see a goddam lawyer movie, book, TV show...
by flickapoo
...comic, picture book, poem, painting, or fucking opera ever again. Ever. No more fucking lawyers.Or emergency rooms. Goddamnit.
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...and pretty cool ones too.
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Oct 14, 2009 12:24:01 PM CDT
WILL MACCONAUGHEY BE LEANING ON JONES IN THE POSTER?
by bringingsexyback
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I don't know if I'd be able to stand both those accents together ...
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I'd love to live in L.A. and operate a legitimate business out of my car! I'd built my wardrobe on every LA icon I've ever seen in the movies! Fletch. The Dude. Columbo. Jim Rockford. Etc...
I smell MMORPG!!! -
looks about right to play the old worn saddles on the horses he usually rides in his westerns. I hope Matty M plays a southern-drawling wiseass with golden curly locks in this one.
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*** DEAD SNOW is playing tonight and tomorrow at the Mayfair Theatre in Ottawa, Canada!!! ***
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Oct 14, 2009 1:12:30 PM CDT
McConaughey's gonna play the world's 1st shirtless lawyer!
by mrmysteryguest
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God dammit when are we going to get a harry bosch movie??? Michael Connelly is my favourite com drama writer and Harry Bosch is one of the best fictional detective/inspector character i have ever read.
Unfortunately they fucked it up completely with Blood Work (i dont blame eastwood but the producers),another great book from Connelly,but i hope they make a better movie from the Lincoln Lawyer.But wasnt the protagonist from that movie black? (who also happens to be Bosch's half brother) -
damn my excitement
Come on Holywood,i desperately want to see Bosch in the big screen,telling his quote:
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accepted a role other than rom-com BS. If Jones directs, it has to be pretty good.
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I hope this is McConaughey's return to meatier movie roles instead of the shit rom-com. I quite liked his performance in Reign of Fire, Frailty, Contact, and A Time to Kill. He's a very charismatic actor and I'd like to see him prove himself to be better.
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That's a toughie. Gary Oldman could do it. Especially in the more recent books, Harry's gettin' old. Brad Johnson's kinda wooden and too leading man burly, but I always thought he deserved better than movie of the week.
I'd cast Bradley Cooper in my brain movie production of Lincoln Lawyer as Haller, but then it didn't seem to work in Brass Verdict. I feel he's more Virgil Flowers material from Sandford
Also, I should get a life and stop oversharing about casting in my mental movies.
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...as Mickey and Harry's father.
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I believe that Michael Connelly and also Robert Crais have contracts that state their two main characters Harry Bosch and Elvis Cole, two pretty freaking awesome detective will never be portrayed on film. Though their other works and characters can/will and have been portrayed
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that the only way to see bosch in a movie,is when they let him write the script and not someone else.
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The book was an entertaining enough read. I read it this past summer. I'm not sure about the casting though. I'm not quite seeing it. I keep thinking A Time to Kill...
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Having read the book I wonder if they didn't mix-up the casting with Jones as The Older Lawyer and Matt as the young playboy villain.
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He is the laziest and most under performing great actor in the history of cinema. At times, you can see the charisma and natural ease he has in front of the camera manifest itself into a great, great performance. Think back to that one-take closing argument in A Time To Kill. Unfortunately for all of us, a great actor would rather shit his career away in garbage than challenge himself, so fuck him!
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He's directing so he need not take a starring role, he would fit for the older family lawyer that has a smallish role. I can't think who else he would play. McConaughey might work as Haller, but he would have to really reign in the "dude"ness. I can think of better better actors to play Haller tho. Hopefully the whole Bosch angle will be out.
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You know it.
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Seriously. How are they gonna market this if McConaughey doesnt take off his shirt? It's his tradmark move.
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He gets a lot of flak but he ruled in Tropic Thunder. www.thefilmblogger.com
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...Connelly is one of the best thriller writers out there. I'd love to see a Bosch movie and I could see Brolin as Harry. But for now, yeah, I'd love to see The Lincoln Lawyer. And a Travis Mcgee movie coming, and aren't they still planning a movie on White jazz? Hollywood's gettin' hardboiled!!!!!
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He would've been an interesting Clark Kent and would've been perfect in the blue tights.
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Even though he's one of the bigger douchebags in Hollywood, Jeremy Piven should play him.
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Use a book to adapt into a season.
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I'm reading THE LAST COYOTE. Damn good so far.
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Oct 15, 2009 7:29:37 AM CDT
WILL MATTHEW'S LUSCIOUS ABS OUTSHINE TOMMY'S PERFORMANCE?
by bringingsexyback
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Will it be like when young starlets died at the hands/houses of Specter or Bob Evans? That would adapt well for an older defendant.
I doubt this movie will suck - TLJ is a good director, and wouldn't take a crappy role like "old crotchety opposing counsel in a standard trial drama". -
Oct 15, 2009 9:37:13 PM CDT
Sounds like it was prompted by B-starlet Lana Clarkson
by thegreatwhatzit
i.e. Spector was convicted of her murder. Even if "they" only allude to Clarkson, I hope that her past career (frequently nude in drive-in commerce like DEATHSTALKER) will be researched. And how about a movie about the late Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith?
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