Tom Holland to star in The Partner

Tom Holland is to star in and produce 'The Partner'.

The 'Spider-Man' actor has landed a role in the movie based on John Grisham's 1997 best-selling novel that is being adapted for the big screen by screenwriter Graham Moore.

'The Partner' centres on Patrick Lanigan, a young partner in a law firm who fakes his own death in a burning car.

He appears to have left behind a wife, a newborn daughter and a secret but what he's actually done is fake his death to create a template for a new life by stealing $90 million from a client at his crooked law firm.

Lanigan finds happiness and love in South America but when the client who had worked so hard to defraud the government finds the money is missing from his offshore accounts, he is determined to hunt down the lawyer who he doesn't believe is dead.

It means Lanigan has to turn himself in to the FBI and face up to his wife, child and the life he left behind.

A number of Grisham's books have previously been turned into movies including 'A Time to Kill' in 1996 – which starred Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson and Matthew McConaughey – and 1997's 'The Rainmaker', which featured Matt Damon and Claire Danes.

Meanwhile, Tom – who is reportedly engaged to his girlfriend Zendaya – intends to quit acting when he has a family as he'll be happy spending time with his kids and playing the occasional round of golf.

The 28-year-old actor said: "When I have kids, you will not see me in movies anymore.

"Golf and dad. And I will just disappear off the face of the earth."