March 2, 2015 - 11:13 AMT
Kristen Stewart joins Michelle Williams in Kelly Reichardt’s drama

Kristen Stewart has joined Michelle Williams and Laura Dern in Kelly Reichardt’s untitled drama, set in Montana, Variety reports.

Stewart will portray a lawyer from Boise, Idaho, who takes a teaching job several hours from her house. After taking the job, Stewart’s character develops a friendship with a local woman who’s auditing her class.

Stewart was seen most recently in Julianne Moore’s “Still Alice.” She recently became the first American actress to win a Cesar at France’s most prominent film awards show for her co-starring role in “Cloud of Sils Maria.”

Neil Kopp and Anish Savjani are producing the Reichardt project, a series of vignettes in a small town in Montana.

Reichardt most recently directed “Night Moves” with Jesse Eisenberg and Dakota Fanning.

The news about Stewart was first reported by Deadline.