Dave Franco, who can currently be seen in the hit comedy Neighbors, has landed his first starring role.
He’ll be leading the movie version of The Intern’s Handbook: A Thriller, written by Shane Kuhn. The subject of the book is an intern agency that actually happens to be a front for a network of assassins pursuing high-profile targets. Franco will play the agency’s top man, named John Lago, whose task is to infiltrate a Manhattan law firm and take out one of its partners.
Sony has obtained the film rights to the book, which was released about a month ago. They’ve already got a writer attached, and see it as a potential franchise.
It will be the first work as a lead for Franco, who has been excellent in supporting roles in Neighbors,21 Jump Street, and Now You See Me.Hopefully fame does not cause him to lose his Instagram self-restraint, like it did with his brother.
[via Vulture]
