Leaves of Grass is an upcoming comedic thriller film written and directed by Tim Blake Nelson and starring Edward Norton, Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Melanie Lynskey and Keri Russell. The film is scheduled to released on December 25, 2009. It was featured in the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. An Ivy League philosophy professor (Norton) is lured back into his home town by his twin brother (also Norton) for a doomed scheme against a local drug lord (Dreyfuss) that unravels his life.