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Jesse Eisenberg to Play Allen Ginsberg in Kill Your Darlings

Jesse Eisenberg
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
Jesse Eisenberg
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Jesse Eisenberg, who co-starred in the Atlantic Theater Company’s production of Scarcity, will play writer Allen Ginsberg in the upcoming film Kill Your Darlings, to be directed and co-written by John Krokidas.

Chris Evans and Ben Whishaw will co-star as writers Lucien Carr and Jack Kerouac in the film, which will be co-authored by Austin Bunn.

Eisenberg’s other film credits include Rodger Doger, The Village, The Squid and the Whale, and Adventureland.