Trumbo was a high in-demand screenwriter with films like "Kitty Foyle," "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, "Roman Holiday," "Spartacus," "Exodus" and "Papillon".
He was also a member of the Communist Party USA and refused to give information to Senator Joseph McCarthy's House Un-American Activities Committee. He became part of Hollywood 10, a group of screenwriters blacklisted by the studios.
John McNamara wrote the adapted script based on author Bruce Alexander Cook's 1977 book from which Jay Roach will direct.
Michael London will produce the pic.
Production will begin next year.
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