Four-time Tony winner Frank Langella is set to star in the film adaptation of Roger Rosenblatt鈥檚 best-selling novel Lapham Rising, according to . The stage and screen actor was last seen on Broadway in Florian Zeller鈥檚 The Father, adapted by Christopher Hampton.
Deadline reports that Rosenblatt has penned the script and that Charlie Kessler will direct the film adaptation.
Langella will star as Harry March, a retired writer living in the Hamptons. March鈥檚 peaceful existence with his talking dog Hector begins to unravel when a millionaire decides to build a mansion just across from him. 鈥淟apham鈥檚 monstrosity-to-be represents the fetid and corrupt excess that has ruined modern civilization. Which means, quite simply, that this is war,鈥� reads a synopsis of Lapham Rising on Google Books.
