Actor Ewan McGregor will star in 'American Pastoral', which Phillip Noyce is directing.
John Romano ('The Lincoln Lawyer') adapted the screenplay based on Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Filming is scheduled to begin from March 2015 in Pittsburgh, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The project marks Lakeshore Entertainment's third Roth adaptation, following 'The Human Stain' and 'Elegy'. Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi are producing 'American Pastoral'.
The story follows Seymour 'Swede' Levov, a former high school athlete who grows up to marry a former beauty queen and inherits his father's business. His seemingly perfect life shatters when his daughter rebels by becoming a revolutionary and commits a deadly act of political terrorism during the Vietnam War.
Noyce's previous work includes Angelina Jolie starrer 'Salt' and 'Rabbit-Proof Fence'. His next project is the adaptation of 'The Giver', hitting theatres in August.
McGregor was most recently seen in 'The Impossible' and 'Beginners'. His upcoming projects include 'Our Kind of Traitor', and he'll make his Broadway debut this fall in 'The Real Thing'.
