Alert the literati — Susan Sontag is getting a biopic and Kristen Stewart is set to play the late writer-provocateur.
Stewart, who is no stranger to portraying influential women, has been cast in “Sontag” as the queer feminist icon, a celebrity intellectual of the highest regard, famous for her cultural essays including “Notes on ‘Camp’” and novels such as “Death Kit” and “In America.”
The drama will be directed by documentarian Kirsten Johnson, based on the biography “Sontag: Her Life and Work” by Ben Moser. It will be adapted for the screen by Johnson and Lisa Kron and is set to begin filming at the Berlin Film Festival, where Stewart is jury president.
