class=”alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-100986″ title=”Jesse Eisenberg” src=”https://www.heyuguys.com/images/2011/08/Jesse-Eisenberg-220×150.jpg” alt=”” width=”220″ height=”150″ />Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) has signed on to lead The Double, a feature film adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s acclaimed novella.
Set to be directed by Richard Ayoade (Submarine), The Double centers on a Russian government clerk (Eisenberg) who becomes convinced that a doppelgänger has stolen his name, face and identity.
Ayoade co-wrote the adapted screenplay with Avi Korine, who was responsible for Harmony Korine’s critically indifferent Mister Lonely.
The Double is currently in pre-production and will likely shoot towards the end of the year.
Source: Vulture
