Ewan Mcgregor to star in film adaptation of 'American Pastoral'

Los Angeles, June 24 (IANS) Scottish actor Ewan Mcgregor is set to be part of a movie adaptation of author Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "American Pastoral".

McGregor, known for "The Impossible", will portray lead character Seymour 'Swede' Levov, a successful businessman whose life falls into disarray when his daughter becomes wanted for committing a fatal act of political terrorism during the Vietnam War, reports contactmusic.com.

The "Lincoln Lawyer" writer John Romano has been tapped to adapt the screenplay, with "Salt" director Philip Noyce signing on to helm the drama.

Production on "American Pastoral" is scheduled to begin in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March, 2015.

The book was published in 1997 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1998.