Coppola is producing On The Road movie

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Hedlund to lead Kerouac's 'On The Road'

http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a215213/hedlund-to-lead-kerouacs-on-the-road.html

Monday, April 19 2010
By Simon Reynolds

Garrett Hedlund will star in the movie adaptation of Jack Kerouac's
iconic Beat Generation novel On The Road.

The Tron Legacy actor is in talks to play Dean Moriarty, one of two
young men who take a spontaneous road trip across North America. The
Moriarty character is based on Beat figure Neal Cassady, while
Kerouac used himself as the basis for Sal Paradise.

No actor has has been confirmed for the Paradise part, although
Control's Sam Reilly was once said to be involved in the movie.

Francis Ford Coppola is producing On The Road with Walter Salles (The
Motorcycle Diaries) on board to direct.

Hedlund was recently among the candidates to play Captain America.
Tron Legacy, in which he plays the son of Jeff Bridges's Kevin Flynn,
is out on December 26.

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Garrett Hedlund Is Moriarty In On The Road

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Garrett-Hedlund-Is-Moriarty-In-On-The-Road-18147.html

By Doug Norrie
2010-04-17

About 60 years ago Sal Paradise went on the most iconic road trip of
all time. It took awhile, but the film adaptation of On the Road is
set to film this summer. And with that, casting has begun on
Paradise's friends. According to Production Weekly, Garrett Hedlund
(Four Brothers; Friday Night Lights) will play Dean Moriarty in the
film. Before he sets out on the road, Hedlund will appear on the big
screen in Tron Legacy, due out this summer. Moriarty is based on
Kerouac's Beat Generation pal, Neal Cassady, and is one of the
central figures in the story.

Walter Salles will direct On the Road. Francis Ford Coppolla, who
owns the rights to the story, brought on Salles because the guy knows
a thing or two about legendary and life changing stories of the road.
He directed The Motorcycle Diaries, about Che Guevara's two-wheeled
journey through South America.

In Moriarty, Hedlund will play Sal Paradise's friend, partner in
crime, sometimes hero and tortured soul who seeks adventure at the
cost of his family and responsibilities. On the Road will begin
filming this summer.

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