Kristen Stewart (the star of the “Twilight” franchise) has signed on to joined the cast of “On the Road”, a big-screen adaptation of classic beat author Jack Kerouac’s 1957 novel of the same name.

Stewart told USA Today “I am very much attached to a movie that has been trying to get made forever. Not that this is going to help it, but maybe I can just brag a little bit. I am super excited about it, too. I am about to play Marylou in ‘On the Road.'”

The book chronicles Kerouac’s years traveling alongside his friend Neal Cassady as the two traveled all over North America in a question for self-knowledge. Garrett Hedlund (“Tron: Legacy”) is attached to play the character Moriarty, with Stewart as his wife and Sam Riley as his traveling companion Sal.

Walter Salles (“The Motorcycle Diaries”) is directing the film.

Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more on “On The Road”.

By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: USA Today)