"Nights in Rodanthe" screenwriter Ann Peacock has signed on to adapt John Grisham's 1997 novel "
The Partner" for the big screen.
The project, from Oscar-winning producer Bob Chartoff ("Rocky") and newcomer Velocity Management, 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.