Jennifer Connelly Set For "American Pastoral"

Jennifer Connelly will play female lead in the long-gestating film adaptation of author Philip Roth's acclaimed novel "American Pastoral" says THR.

The action follows Seymour 'Swede' Levov (Ewan McGregor), a blonde Jewish businessman living in New Jersey whose ordinary life is disturbed by the chaos of the 1960s.

Connelly will play Dawn--Seymour's wife

The Lincoln Lawyer writer John Romano wrote the adapted script for director Phillip Noyce.

Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi are producing the film.

Production is set to begin in Pittsburgh in March