Justin Timberlake is set to star in the indie drama Palmer from director Fisher Stevens, it was announced Thursday by SK Global. The script was written by Cheryl Guerriero and appeared on the 2016 Black List of Hollywood's best unproduced screenplays. Timberlake will play a former college football phenom who gets out of prison and returns to his hometown to get his life back on track. Not only is he confronted with lingering conflicts from his past, but he suddenly finds himself in charge of a unique young boy who has been abandoned by his wayward mother, and turns …