Dibs on Catcher in the Rye Film

They say those who like The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger do not like The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. And then they say those who like The Great Gatsby do not like The Catcher in the Rye. I don't know who actually says that. I say it. But for almost everyone I know, it's true: you either like one or the other. I'm a Catcher fan. What lacks in conflict makes up for an excellent character study. There's a little Holden Caulfield in every teenager. And ever since I first read the book in my junior year of English, I knew it could translate into a great film. Every classic piece of literature has been turned into a film (many of which have then been turned into novelizations of said films, but that's a story for another day). So what's been stopping this one from hitting...