Actor Ewan McGregor has decided to make his directing debut with American Pastoral.
The film was initially supposed to be directed by The Giver’s Philip Noyce, but when he dropped out, McGregor decided to step in. He was already signed on to star in the film, along with Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning, notes Deadline.
It is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Philip Roth and centers on a high school athlete (McGregor), who marries a former beauty queen (Connolly). He ends up taking over his father’s business, but his perfect life is shaken when his daughter (Fanning) becomes a radical revolutionary during the Vietnam War.
The script was panned by John Romano (Lincoln Lawyer) and will be produced by Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi.
“Ewan’s talent goes far beyond his on-screen work and we’re excited to be working with a director who is as passionate as we are about telling the story of American Pastoral,” Rosenberg said in a statement posted at TheWrap.
Production will start in September in Pittsburgh.
McGregor’s next film is Last Days in the Desert, which was shown at Sundance. He was also recently seen in Mortdecai with Johnny Depp and August: Osage County. He also made Jane Got A Gun with his Star Wars co-star Natalie Portman.
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