Ann Peacock to adapt Grisham novel “The Partner”

Screenwriter Ann Peacock will pen the big-screen adaptation of John Grisham’s novel “The Partner,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The trade says the film centers on a disillusioned lawyer who steals $90 million from his law firm, stages his own death and successfully disappears for several years. What at first seems to be a brilliant white-collar crime is further complicated by a murder charge.

The project will be produced by Robert Chartoff, whose credits include all the "Rocky" flicks, "Raging Bull" and "True Confessions" and Lynn Hendee of Chartoff Prods., along with Grant Turck and Mark Bethea of newcomer Velocity Management.

Peacock also wrote the adaptations of Nicholas Sparks’ novel “Nights in Rodanthe,” and Valerie Tripp’s “Kitt Kittredge: An American Girl.” She also recently penned “The Killing Room” with Gus Krieger.