Kristen Stewart to Star as Writer & Political Activist Susan Sontag in New Biopic

Kristen Stewart will be playing writer and political writer Susan Sontag in the upcoming biopic titled "Sontag" directed by Kirsten Johnston.

Based on the biography Sontag: Her Life by Ben Moser, the movie will be written by Kirsten and Lisa Kron.

Susan, was born in 1933 and died in 2004, wrote essays about humans rights and brought to light social issues like the AIDS epidemic and criticism of the Vietnam War.