Jennifer Connelly (
Hulk) and Paul Bettany (
A Beautiful Mind) are to topline in
American Pastoral, with Evan Racheal Wood (
Thirteen), according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Phillip Noyce is set to helm the project. Which is based on the novel by Phillip Roth. It will find Connelly and Bettany starring as husband and wife in the story of a legendary high school athlete and devoted family man (Bettany) who is living the American dream in postwar America. His picture-perfect life unravels when he and his family must face the reality that their daughter (Wood) has become a revolutionary terrorist.
Connelly and Bettany are a real life couple who both co-starred in
A Beautiful Mind, Bettany is currently working on
Wimbledon. Whilst Connelly who is starred in
House of Sand and Fog, is working on
Dark Water.