In the latest installment of Nicholas Hoult plays-young-versions-of-famous-authors, the English actor is set to portray J.R.R. Tolkien. Hoult, who stars as a young J.D. Salinger in upcoming biopic Rebel in the Rye, is in early talks to play a young Tolkien in Fox Searchlight and Chernin Entertainment‘s Tolkien. Tolkien was the architect of Middle-earth, having written The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings book series … Continue reading Nicholas Hoult in Early Talks to Play Young J.R.R. Tolkien!!!