It opens on March 18th from director Brad Furman.

In the gripping thriller The Lincoln Lawyer, Matthew McConaughey stars as Michael “Mick” Haller, a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Having spent most of his career defending petty, gutter-variety criminals, Mick unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime: defending a rich Beverly Hills playboy (Ryan Phillippe) who is accused of attempted murder. However, what initially appears to be a straightforward case with a big money pay-off swiftly develops into a deadly match between two masters of manipulation and a crisis of conscience for Haller.

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Moderately successful criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller operates all around the large area of Los Angeles county out of a Lincoln Town Car driven by a former client working off his legal fees; most of his clients are drug dealers and gangsters, but the book deals with an unusually important case: the wealthy Los Angeles realtor Louis Roulet is accused of assault and attempted murder by a woman, and at first he appears to be innocent and set up by the “victim”.

Matthew McConaughey is part of the picture, attached to play Mickey Haller. No word on who is set to direct the picture or when initial filming is expected to start. Tomei can next be seen sharing the big screen with the likes of John C. Reily and Jonah Hill in the Jay and Mark Duplass comedy Cyrus, entering theaters on July 9th.

Jones’ latest movie is in the middle of post-production on a film called The Company Men. The story centers on a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing at a major company – and how that affects them, their families, and their communities. The John Wells directed film has a to be announced 2010 release date.