Nat Wolff bags lead role in James Franco's 'In Dubious Battle'

Washington: Nat Wolff has hopped aboard as the lead star in James Franco-directed upcoming project, ' In Dubious Battle.'

The 20-year-old actor, who stars this summer in Fox's John Green adaptation 'Paper Towns', will join the star studded cast that includes Franco,Selena Gomez, Vincent D'Onofrio, Robert Duvall, Ed Harris and Bryan Cranston, in the film, which is based on the 1936 Steinbeck novel, Deadline.com reported.

Wolff will play the role of Jim Nolan, an activist for "the Party" who organizes a major strike by apple pickers in California to attract followers to his cause.

Wolff and Franco had earlier worked together in 2013's 'Palo Alto.'