Kristen Stewart explains new movie, romantic '1984' adaptation 'Equals' opposite Jennifer Lawrence's boyfriend Nicholas Hoult

So we might not have any idea on the status of Kristen Stewart's relationship with Robert Pattinson, but we do know that she just signed onto an interesting new film project called Equals. Costarring Jennifer Lawrence's boyfriend Nicholas Hoult, this film is apparently an adaptation of George Orwell's novel 1984, but with a romantic story. Wait, what?

According to the Associated Press, "Stewart describes Equals as a slightly updated version of the 1956 film 1984, based on George Orwell's classic 1949 novel about rebellion in a repressed futuristic society." 

So technically, Equals will be an adaptation of an adaptation.

"I can't believe I agreed to do it," Stewart said of the project. "I'm terrified of it. Though it's a movie with a really basic concept, it's overtly ambitious. In Equals, things go wrong because you can't deny the humanity in everyone. It's the most devastating story."

What do you think of this movie so far? Clearly with stars like Stewart and Hoult, it might not matter to some how strange the concept is. Both stars are talented in their own rights, so do you think they can pull this off?

This new film comes from director Drake Doremus, best known for his film Like Crazy. He also has a new film, Breathe In, coming out this year. Doremus recently opened up about these films, possibly giving us a hint about how Equals would turn out as well.

"Like Crazy was about the past and had a very nostalgic feel to it, and kind of about my past," he said. "[Breathe In, which arrives this year] is about confronting the idea of love in the present, and then what love means in the future is what I'm interested in exploring next."