Kristen Stewart isn’t any stranger to biopics, with “Seberg” in 2019 and “Spencer” in 2021. Now she has one other so as to add to her upcoming initiatives, however this one has a meta twist. Selection experiences (by way of Display Every day) that Stewart will star as the author and mental Susan Sontag in Kirsten Johnson‘s subsequent movie, the director’s follow-up to 2016’s “Cameraperson‘ and 2020’s “Dick Johnson Is Useless.”
Johnson will base “Sontag” off Ben Moser‘s 2019 biography “Sontag: Her Life,” with Johnson co-writing a script with Lisa Kron. One of the influential public intellectuals of the late-Twentieth century, Sontag was well-known for writing on subjects as various as images, human rights, and the AIDS disaster. Her most well-known works embrace 1966’s “In opposition to Interpretation,” 1977’s “On Images,” and 1999’s “In America.” She died in New York Metropolis in 2004.
Stewart and Johnson kick off filming “Sontag” on the Berlinale this month, the place Stewart serves as jury president for the competition. “We’re utilizing Berlin as a second to kick off the mission and do documentary footage of Kristen as the top of the jury and speaking to her about how she’s going to turn out to be Sontag,” stated Gabrielle Tana, who co-founded Brouhaha Leisure, the UK-Australia producer behind the mission. “It will likely be a drama, however with a documentary facet to it. Kirsten has a beautiful strategy to storytelling, and that is reflective of that, so she is going to use documentary in it.”
“Sontag” continues Stewart’s foray into more and more various roles of late. Different latest work for the actress past “Seberg” and “Spencer” embrace David Cronenberg‘s “Crimes Of The Future,” the 2020 deep-ocean creature feture “Underwater,” and the queer rom-com “Happiest Season.” Additionally upcoming for Stewart: “Love Me” with Steven Yeun, Rose Glass‘ “Love Lies Bleeding” with Dave Franco and Jena Malone, and a yet-to-be-titled movie from Ben Foster. On high of that, Stewart additionally shoots her characteristic directorial debut quickly: a swimming memoir known as “The Chronology Of Water” with Imogen Poots.
As for Johnson, “Dick Johnson Is Useless” gained the Particular Jury Award on the Sundance Movie Pageant in 2020. That comes after “Cameraperson,” Johnson’s 2016 debut, additionally premiered at Sundance to essential acclaim. So, secure to say that on announcement alone “Sontag” turns into a most-anticipated doc.
And if “Dick Johnson Is Useless” is any indication, count on “Sontag” to be something however a traditional documentary. Extra information on this one quickly.
