User talk:J.D./On the Road (film)

• Sam Riley as Sal Paradise
• Garrett Hedlund as Dean Moriarty
• Kristen Stewart as Mary Lou
• Kirsten Dunst

A film adaptation of On the Road has been in the works for years. Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola bought the rights in 1979.{{cite news | last = Mottram | first = James | coauthors = | title = The long and grinding story of On The Road | work = The Independent | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = September 12, 2008 | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-long-and-grinding-story-of-on-the-road-926664.html | accessdate = 2010-07-12 }} Over the years, he hired several screenwriters to adapt the book into a film, including Michael Herr and Barry Gifford only for Coppola to write his own draft with son Roman. In 1995, the filmmaker planned to shoot on black-and-white 16mm film and held auditions with poet Allen Ginsberg in attendance but the project fell through. Coppola said, "I tried to write a script, but I never knew how to do it. It's hard – it's a period piece. It's very important that it be period. Anything involving period costs a lot of money". Several years later, he tried again with Ethan Hawke and Brad Pitt to play Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty respectively but this project also failed to work. In 2001, Coppola hired novelist Russell Banks to write the script and planned to make the film with Joel Schumacher directing and starring Brad Pitt as Dean Moriarty and Billy Crudup replacing Hawke as Sal Paradise.{{cite news | last = | first =| coauthors = | title = Coppola goes On the Road

| work = BBC News | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = June 22, 2001 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1402122.stm | accessdate = 2010-07-12 }} Reportedly, Schumacher wanted Colin Farrell to play Moriarty and the project was shelved.

Coppola saw the The Motorcycle Diaries and hired Brazilian director Walter Salles to direct the film. Salles was drawn to the novel because, according to him, it is about people "trying to break into a society that’s impermeable", and that he wants "to deal with a generation that collides with its society".{{cite news | last = Ealy | first = Charles | coauthors = | title = Our Man in Cannes: Latin American movie bonanza | work = | pages = | language = | publisher = Austin360.com | date = May 19, 2008 | url = http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/austinmovies/entries/2008/05/19/our_man_in_cannes_latin_americ.html | accessdate = 2008-05-21 }} In preparation for the film, he made a documentary entitled, Searching for On the Road in which he takes the same road trip as the lead character in novel, Sal Paradise, and talks to Beat poets who knew Kerouac.{{cite news | last = Romney | first = Jonathan | coauthors = | title = Woody Allen banks on three beauties to woo critics at Cannes | work = The Independent | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = May 18, 2008 | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/news/woody-allen-banks-on-three-beauties-to-woo-critics-at-cannes-830346.html | accessdate = 2008-05-21 }} Coppola's American Zoetrope is producing the film, in association with MK2, Film4 in the U.K. and Videofilmes in Brazil.{{cite news | last = Kemp | first = Stuart | coauthors = | title = Kristen Stewart goes On the Road | work =The Hollywood Reporter | pages = | language = | date = May 6, 2010 | url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i0b2233969ec82f2c19dab6dab58ac895 | accessdate = 2010-05-07 }}

Before filming begins on August 2 in Montreal with a $25 million budget,{{cite news | last = Sperling | first = Nicole | coauthors = | title = Kristen Stewart squeezes Walter Salles On the Road in between Twilight duties | work =Entertainment Weekly | pages = | language = | date = May 6, 2010 | url = http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/05/06/kristen-stewart-squeezes-walter-salles-on-the-road-in-between-twilight-duties/ | accessdate = 2010-05-07 }} the entire cast will undergo a four-week "beatnik boot camp," according to Stewart, which will involve reading literature pertaing to the Beat Generation.{{cite news | last = Vena | first = Jocelyn | coauthors = | title = Kristen Stewart 'Genuinely Nervous' To Film On The Road | work =MTV News | pages = | language = | date = June 17, 2010 | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1641811/20100617/story.jhtml | accessdate = 2010-06-18 }} After a month of shooting Montreal, the production will move to New Orleans where it will shoot for a month before moving to Mexico for several weeks before returning to Montreal to wrap the final scenes.{{cite news | last = Kelly | first = Brendan | coauthors = | title = On the Road to Montreal | work =Montreal Gazette | pages = | language = | date = May 24, 2010 | url = http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Road+Montreal/3064801/story.html | accessdate = 2010-05-25 }}

Sam Riley will star as Kerouac's alter ego Sal Paradise. Garrett Hedlund has been cast as Dean Moriarty. Kristen Stewart has confirmed that she will play Mary Lou.{{cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title = Kristen Stewart to star in Jack Kerouac story | work =USA Today | pages = | language = | date = May 5, 2010 | url = http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/05/kristen-stewart-to-star-in-jack-kerouac-story/1 | accessdate = 2010-05-07 }} Reports have also stated that Kirsten Dunst has joined the cast as well.{{cite news | last = Hopewell | first = John | coauthors = Elsa Keslassy | title = Dunst joins Stewart On the Road | work =Variety | pages = | language = | date = May 12, 2010 | url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118019196.html?categoryid=3628&cs=1&nid=2562&& | accessdate = 2010-05-13 }}

Salles has reunited with some of the crew members that he worked with on The Motorcycle Diaries, including producer Rebecca Yeldham, screenwriter Jose Rivera, director of photography Eric Gautier, production designer Carlos Conti, and composer Gustavo Santaolalla.{{cite news | last = Keslassy | first = Elsa | coauthors = | title = Salles, Coppola finally hit The Road | work =Variety | pages = | language = | date = May 7, 2010 | url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118018891.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | accessdate = 2010-05-07 }}

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