Will Hollywood at last Catcher?

The death of Catcher in the Rye author J.D. Salinger in New Hampshire at the age of 91 on Wednesday could clear the way for film adaptations of his work to be made, published reports indicated today (Friday).

In a handful of interviews that the reclusive writer has given over the last 40 years, he had indicated that he had continued to write "for myself, and I want to be left absolutely alone to do it." He suggested, however, that all of his work might eventually see the light of day after his death.

In an interview with the French news agency Agence France-Presse on Thursday, publisher Roger Lathbury remarked that nobody knows what Salinger had locked away. "I assume [the unpublished manuscripts] have been preserved. They then become part of his literary estate which will be administrated by whoever his will designates."

AFP reported that the BBC, Steven Spielberg and Harvey Weinstein have each attempted to make a film adaptation of Catcher in the Rye -- "but each time they were rebuffed by Salinger."

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Catcher in the Rye of J.D. Salinger must really look good in film that producers and directors are dying to get it adaptation.

Will Hollywood at last Catcher?