Jesse Eisenberg, the young actor headlining Greg Mottola’s “Adventureland,” which is set to be released April 3rd has been pegged to star in the Allen Ginsberg biopic “Kill Your Darlings.” The film is an ensemble about the Beat Generation of poets which included Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs and John Clellon Holmes.
First time director John Krokidas is directing the project with a script written by himself and his ex-Yale roommate Austin Bunn. Frat-boy du jour, Chris Evans (who is currently filming “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World,” where he will play a self-absorbed ex-skater) is also set to appear in the film as Kerouac and English actor Ben Whishaw will play Lucien Car, the Columbia student who introduced Ginsberg to the other poets.
Meanwhile, the other Allen Ginsberg film, “Howl,” which will portray a significantly less awkward and more debonair Ginsberg is starring James Franco as the troubled poet and will also feature Paul Rudd, Eric Roberts, Alan Alda, David Straitharn, Mary Louise-Parker, Jon Prescott and Jeff Daniels. In fact, shooting commenced yesterday in New York City for “Howl.” [Variety]