Aaron Eckhart in Talks to Star in Film Adaptation of Rabbit Hole

Aaron Eckhart is in talks to appear opposite the previously announced Nicole Kidman in the film adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole, according to Variety. The film will be directed by John Cameron Mitchell.

In Rabbit Hole, Becca and Howie Corbett have everything they could want, until their four-year-old son is killed in an accident, and their world turns upside down. Becca, who must also cope with the distractions of her reckless sister, Izzy, and their opinionated mother, Nat, takes solace in her unlikely friendship with a neighborhood teenager, Jason, who might provide the key to lead her back from the darkest of places.

Kidman, who is also producing the film, will take on the role of Becca Corbett, the part that won Cynthia Nixon a 2006 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Eckhart will play her husband, Howie, the role played by John Slattery on Broadway.

Eckhart is currently filming The Rum Diary. His other movie credits include The Dark Knight, The Black Dahlia, Thank You for Smoking, In the Company of Men, On Any Given Sunday, Erin Brockovich, The Pledge, No Reservations, Your Friends & Neighbors, Nurse Betty, Possession, The Core, The Missing and Paycheck. His stage credits include Amazing Grace off-Broadway and Oleanna in London.

Lindsay-Abaire is adapting his own play, which won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, for the screen.