Nicholas Hoult in Talks to Play J.R.R. Tolkien in Biopic
Nicholas Hoult might play “Lord of the Rings” author J.R.R. Tolkien in the upcoming film Tolkien!
The 27-year-old X�’Men: Apocalypse actor is the top choice to portray the famous writer, according to Variety.
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Finnish director Dome Karukoski will helm the Fox Searchlight and Chernin Entertainment biopic.
Tolkien will focus on J.R.R. as he “finds friendship, love, and artistic inspiration among a group of classmates prior to the outbreak of World War I in 1914. He served in the British armed forces from 1916 to 1920, then wrote the two novels while working at Pembroke College.”