Makers of Salinger documentary now making Salinger biopic, to further explore life of author who didn't want his life explored
After drawing criticisms for exploiting J.D. Salinger with a tacky documentary, Harvey Weinstein figures he may as well go all in with a dramatization of the personal life of the author who spent so much of it in seclusion, specifically to avoid having his personal life documented and dramatized. Deadline reports that The Weinstein Company and Salinger director Shane Salerno are reteaming not only to add supplemental footage to Salinger for its upcoming wide release—footage that promises to further explore “his complex relationships with young women,” which will surely be handled as tactfully as their addition is now being trumpeted as a marketing point—but also to turn it into a more traditional biopic.