Australian director Phillip Noyce is known for doing popular adaptations of books, but has been trying to do one for a crazy 11 years, his white whale: American Pastoral. Noyce has finally got production up and running and confirmed Ewan McGregor as the leading man, which should begin production by early 2015.

 Noyce has previously directed the adaptations like "Salt," "The Bone Collector," and "Clear and Present Danger." 

"American Pastoral" will be based on the noteworthy novel by American author Philip Roth, published in 1997.

Cinemablend describes the plot as, "A Jewish American, Seymour earns the name "Swede" because of his Nordic good looks, with blond hair and blue eyes (I seem to remember him being a pretty brawny character, but admittedly It's been nearly a decade since I read Roth's book. So, I might be misremembering). The son of a successful entrepreneur, Swede is a star athlete in high school, and goes on to become a Marine, serving during World War II. In many ways, he's poised to be All-American hero, even achieving the seemingly happy family life that is commonly striven for. But as the Vietnam War heats up, Swede's life becomes more and more complicated, in large part because of the political activism of his daughter Merry, who neither he nor the book's narrator can understand."

Noyce has John Romano on the job of adapting the script for "American Pastoral." Romano has previously written "Monk," "Third Watch," "Party of Five," and most recently "The Lincoln Lawyer."

This will be the sixth film made from Phillip Roth's works, following"Goodbye Columbus," "Portnoy's Complaint," "The Human Stage,""Elegy, and "The Humbling."