Dunst to make film on Plath's novel The Bell Jar
Actress Kirsten Dunst is set to direct an onscreen adaptation of author Sylvia Plath's feminist novel 'The Bell Jar'. The film, which marks Dunst's directorial debut in feature length films, will star Dakota Fanning as the lead character 'Esther Greenwood'. Notably, the first film based on the novel was released in 1979. 