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Well, for those of you that didn't get to see Walter Salles meandering adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, don't worry—it's coming back. After a planned wide release last December, the expansio was thwarted for one reason or another and will now be released again this spring. So in case you missed the film the first time around, new promotional clips have made their way online and this latsest one, courtesy of MTV, shows Kristen Stewart's Marylou and Garrett Hedlund's Dean in an intimate moment in the backseat of a car, naturally. The film is now apparently whittled down from its original Cannes running time, which will hopefully add some vigor to the picture.

In a little over a week from now, a huge slate of new and impressive films will hit Sundance—and we couldn't be more excited. Although a select few we've been lucky enough to screen already, there are plenty in the lineup we're anticipating—not only for ourselves but for audiences to get thrilled about. Hopefully, the festival's exposure will have distributors snatching up projects, but so far, the one's we're looking forward to are: The East, Upstream Color, The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, Fill the Void, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, C.O.G, Before Midnight, Interior.Leather Bar., and now, the latest from Michael Polish, Big Sur. Adapted from the Jack Kerouac novel of the same title, the film stars Kate Bosworth, Jean-Marc Barr, Bathazar Getty and will focus on:

“I’m prayIng that you buy On the Road and make a movie of it,” implored Jack Kerouac in a letter to Marlon Brando in 1957. The actor never responded, and it’s been more than half a century since, but the beat author’s seminal meditation on the youthful hunger for sex, kicks, and enlightenment has finally made it to the big screen.

Today the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival kicks off, meaning gorgeous people are spending time watching movies and frolicking on French beaches while you sit in the office and read about it. Glamorous, no?

● At last, the first trailer for the Walter Salles-directed On the Road has surfaced. Adventures are had, Kristen Stewart broods -- looks good! [THR]