'Twilight' star Kendrick scoops role alongside Gleeson

Anna Kendrick has signed up to star in 'The Company You Keep'.

The 26-year-old actress - best known for her performance of Jessica Stanley in vampire series 'The Twilight Saga' - will star alongside Brendan Gleeson, Terrence Howard and Sam Elliot in the Robert Redford-directed movie about a militant who goes on the run after a journalist threatens his identity.