Kristen Stewart to Play Writer Susan Sontag in New Biopic

American actress Kristen Stewart Kristen Stewart’s next role continues her trend of portraying influential women,.

Kristen is set to portray Susan Sontag in “Sontag”, which will be directed by Kirsten Johnson.  

The upcoming movie features a metafictional twist and is based on the biography “Sontag: Her Life” by Ben Moser and will be written for the screen by Johnson and Lisa Kron. UK-Australia-based Brouhaha Entertainment will produce the project.

Principal photography is set to begin at the Berlin Film Festival, where Stewart is the jury president.

In a statement, Gabrielle Tana, Co-CEO at Brouhaha Entertainment said: “We’re using Berlin as a moment to kick off the project and do documentary footage of Kristen as the head of the jury and talking to her about how she’s going to become Sontag,”.

 “It will be a drama, but with a documentary aspect to it. Kirsten has a wonderful approach to storytelling, and this is reflective of that, so she will use documentary in it.”

Sontag was an influential writer and intellectual who would often distill complex ideas about human rights and social justice into clear-headed essays. 

Her nonfiction work, which focused on social issues like AIDS and criticism of the Vietnam War, was often met with controversy.

Stewart starred in two high-profile biopics in recent years, including 2019’s “Seberg”, in which she played actress Jean Seberg and 2021’s “Spencer” in which she portrayed Princess Diana in an Oscar-nominated turn. 

Beyond those roles, Stewart has also starred in a recent string of bold movies such as 2022’s surreal sci-fi “Crimes of the Future” and 2020's oceanic creature feature “Underwater.”