‘Salinger’ to Add Details on Relationships With Young Women

LOS ANGELES â€" “Salinger,” Shane Salerno’s documentary about the secret life of J. D. Salinger, is set to reveal some more secrets.

The Weinstein Company on Wednesday said that it planned to release a “special edition” of the film on Sept. 20, with additional material about the author and “his complex relationships with young women.”

The film, which opened in New York and Los Angeles on Sept. 6, included some details of Salinger’s relationships with young women, including an account of his long-running involvement with Jean Miller, whom he met when she was 14 and he was 30.

But the documentary drew some criticism for failing to tell more about his attraction to and correspondence with teenage girls. Notably, Joyce Maynard, who had a relationship with the author when she was in her teens, wrote that the film underplayed the emotional damage to herself and others.

On Wednesday, Weinstein also said it had agreed to develop a dramatic film about Salinger, focusing on the period between his service in World War II and the publication of “The Catcher in the Rye.”

The script is to be written by Mr. Salerno, Weinstein said.