Tom Holland to Star In 'The Imitation Game' Movie Adaptation, First New Role Since Engagement News

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Tom Holland is adding another film role to his slate! The 28-year-old actor was just announced to be starring in The Partner, an upcoming movie based on the John Grisham novel “The Imitation Game,” Deadline reports.

This is the first project for the actor after it was revealed he proposed to girlfriend Zendaya over the holiday break! Keep reading to find out more… In addition to starring, Tom is also set to serve as a producer on the pic, which is being set up at Universal. Graham Moore is set to pen the script. Tom will be playing Patrick Lanigan, “a young partner in a white shoe Biloxi law firm who fakes his own death in a burning car.

He’s left behind a wife, newborn daughter, and a secret. What he’s actually done is fake his death to create a template for a new life by stealing $90 million from a client of his crooked law firm.

He finds happiness and love in South America. When the client who worked so hard to defraud the government finds the money is missing from his offshore accounts, he becomes determined to hunt down the lawyer he doesn’t believe is dead.