Fittingly, it's been a long journey. After years of wandering, Beat writer Jack Kerouac's On the Road is finally jumping from the page to the screen. Francis Ford Coppola – whose American Zoetrope production company has owned the film rights to the classic road-trip novel since 1979 – will begin production of the film with The Motorcycle Diaries director Walter Salles behind the camera, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"The book is inherently difficult to adapt to the screen, and we've never quite found the right combination of director and writer to do it justice until now," said Coppola, who will executive produce the film.
Link. We're fans of On the Road and look forward to the movie.
Link here to an article Eric Scheske wrote about the book.
