The 'Motorcycle Diaries' director's name eludes me, but good ol
Francis as the bankroll has tightly held the rights to Kerouac's 'On the Road' for a number of years, and he is also working on his first film as director in over 8 years.
Welcome back, man. (Really hoping for some 'not afraid to fail' cinema - the playing it safe so the studios can make $$ era of 'Jack' and 'The Rainmaker' is hopefully over)