Nicholas Hoult to play author JD Salinger in upcoming biopic Rebel In The Rye.

Mad Max: Fury Road star Nicholas Hoult has been confirmed to be portraying acclaimed American author JD Salinger in the upcoming biographical film, Rebel In The Rye.

It has previously been reported that the film's screenplay has been finalised, having been adapted from the Kenneth Slawenski biography, JD Salinger: A Life. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1's Danny Strong will direct the piece after having completed the script.

The film will depict the life of the secretive author, particularly the time in which he wrote his most famous novel, The Catcher In The Rye. It will also explore his troubled youth, his Second World War experiences and the trials and tribulations from struggling author, to New Yorker journalist to one of the best known writers of all time.


By Amy West.
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