Jesse Eisenberg Will Star in Richard Ayoade’s The Double

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