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Saturday
28Mar2009

McConaughey is 'The Lincoln Lawyer'

DateSaturday, March 28, 2009 at 5:39PM
Matthew McConaughey has signed on to play a low-rent criminal defense attorney in the legal thrilla The Lincoln Lawyer, a movie based on a 2005 novel by Michael Connelly. And I'm guessing that unless that judge relaxes his dress code to not necessarily include shirts, McConaughey will spend at least half the movie in contempt of court.

Actually, if memory serves, the shirtless one was actually pretty good as an attorney in A Time to Kill, his breakthrough role. He had a lot of help in that one, of course. In The Lincoln Lawyer, McConaughey will play attorney Mickey Haller, who represents a wealthy client who is connected to a previous murder case Haller worked. The title refers to the fact that Haller works out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car.

Connelly is perhaps best known for his books featuring detective Harry Bosch, and in fact, in 2008, he paired Bosch and Haller for the book The Brass Verdict.

McConaughey, of course, could use a hit. His last big success was Failure to Launch, but his only blockbuster this decade was How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. On top of commercial failures, a leading man career that once had some promise has succumbed to a string of lazy romantic comedies.

We don't have budget information on The Lincoln Lawyer (although the deal to acquire the book cost a million bucks, according to Variety), but just the darker tone of the material, regardless of the financials, is a step in the right direction for McConaughey.

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