J.D. Salinger has long been touted as the voice of the angry teen. His seminal novel A Catcher In the Rye is still taught in high schools nationwide. Personally, I never got the appeal. I always thought it was one of the most over-hyped, over-rated novels of all time. The Perks of Being A Wallflower is ten times the novel that Catcher is in my opinion.
But I digress.
"The Hollywood Reporter" revealed that The Hunger Games scribe Danny Strong will direct a biopic of the great American author. The film, tentatively titled Salinger's War, will be based on the book J.D. Salinger: A Life by Kenneth Slawenski. The film will examine Salinger's early life, his service in WWII and how A Catcher in the Rye came to be.
While I may not be the biggest fan of the author, his life was certainly intriguing and there's just so much we don't know about Salinger simply because he went Howard Hughes' for most of his life. Speaking of Hughes how about getting DiCaprio to play he role?
No time table on when the film will release. Strong's next screenwriting foray can be seen in theaters this Fall with the release of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I.
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