J.D. Salinger Will Be Played By This Great Actor In His Biopic — cinemablend.com

THR reports out of the American Film Market that Academy Award winner Chris Cooper ( Adaptation.) has signed on to star in Coming Through the Rye. The drama will mark the directorial feature debut of Jim Sadwith, who is best-known as a television writer who won an Emmy in 1993 for his biopic Sinatra. (For clarity - it was about Frank Sinatra, not Nancy.) Rather than a straight forward biography about J.D. Salinger's youth, military career, literary successes and/or personal dramas, Jim Sadwith's take on the author will be a bit more personal. His Coming Through the Rye will be autobiographical as well, being based on his own youthful adventure of trying to track down the mysterious author who meant so much to millions. This means Chris Cooper will co-star with Alex Wolff ( A Birder's Guide to Everything) and Stefania Owen ( The Carrie Diaries), with the young actor and actress playing two teens on a mission to meet the man behind The Catcher In The Rye.

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