Tom Holland continues to book more dramatic work, signing on to star in an adaptation of a best-selling John Grisham novel.

If there’s one thing that unites the protagonists of the many movies based on the works of John Grisham—your various Matts ( Damon or McConaughey ), your Julia Roberts or Tom Cruises, it’s that none of them are little boys.

Spider-Man: No Way Home star Tom Holland has officially signed on for the leading role in Universal Pictures‘ upcoming film The Partner, an adaptation of John Grisham’s bestselling 1997 novel of the same name.

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Holland has made a deal to star in and produce The Partner, a drama based on the John Grisham 1997 bestseller that The Imitation Game's Graham Moore is scripting for Universal. The novel was written by Grisham at a time he was getting as much as $8 million for movie rights to compulsively

Tom Holland is all set to star as a lawyer in the upcoming adaptation of The Partner, written by noted author John Grisham, for Universal Pictures. Known for suiting up as Spider-Man in the latest films from the franchise,

Upcoming Hollywood stars headline John Grisham adaptations. At least they used to, back in the 1990s, before the superhero era. Tom Holland will join the list. Deadline reports that Holland “has made a deal to star in and produce The Partner,