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Josh Lucas to Star in NBC's 'The Firm'

By April MacIntyre Jun 9, 2011, 4:06 GMT

Josh Lucas - Ziegfeld Theatre - New York City, NY, USA © Charles Norfleet / PR Photos

Josh Lucas will star in NBC's new legal drama series "The Firm," based on John Grisham's best-selling novel and executive-produced by Grisham and Lukas Reiter.

Lucas will star as attorney Mitchell McDeere (the role originated by Tom Cruise in the film) in the series, which picks up McDeere's story about a decade after the events of the novel and film.

Lucas also stars as famed aviator Charles Lindbergh in Imagine Entertainment's upcoming 2011 film, "J. Edgar," directed by Oscar winner Clint Eastwood and starring Academy Award winner Leonardo DiCaprio as controversial FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.

Based on the blockbuster feature film and the best-selling novel of 1991,  "The Firm" continues the story of attorney Mitchell McDeere (Lucas) who, as a young associate, brought down the prestigious Memphis law firm of Bendini, Lambert & Locke, which operated as a front for the Chicago mob.

After a difficult decade, which included a stay in the Federal Witness Protection program, McDeere and his family now emerge from isolation to reclaim their lives and their future -- only to find that past dangers are still lurking and new threats are everywhere.

Lucas recently finished Jack Kerouac's "Big Sur," playing Neal Cassady, and "Medallion" opposite Nicolas Cage.