Tommy Lee Jones is in negotiations to direct and co-star in "
The Lincoln Lawyer," the Matthew McConaughey vehicle based on the 2005 best-seller by Michael Connelly.
"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.