CALIFORNIA (SH): ZAC Efron is getting his career back on track. According to The Wrap, the troubled actor is attached to star in and produce the upcoming film The Associate. Zac, 26, is replacing Shia LaBeouf, who was originally attached to star when the project was under Paramount. Zac will take on the role of “a Yale Law School grad who is blackmailed by a group of criminals. He’s forced to work at the world’s largest law firm, where he’s tasked with spying on their work in a dispute between two powerful defence contractors.”