Indie finds trio of 'Darlings'

March 17, 2009 Jesse Eisenberg, Chris Evans and Ben Whishaw will star in the indie ensemble film "Kill Your Darlings," the account of a murder that led to the birth of the Beat Generation. John Krokidas, who penned the script with Austin Bunn, will make his feature directorial debut with the project, which will star Whishaw as Lucien Carr, the Columbia University undergrad who brought together a circle of writers that included Allen Ginsberg, to be played by Eisenberg, and Jack Kerouac, to be played by Evans. Killer Films' Christine Vachon will produce with D/F Management's Steve Dontanville exec producing.

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