What’s next for the Twilight starlet? Besides the recently greenlit sequel, Stewart, has signed on for the upcoming film “The Runaways,” about the famous all-girl rock band. She is slated to play Joan Jett, but there is no word so far on who will play Cherie Currie, Lita Ford, Sandy West, etc.
Just who were The Runaways?
At a time when many female acts were crooning folk ballads, the teenage Runaways’ unabashedly raunchy songs about sex, drinking and hanging out with the wrong type of guy (”You Drive Me Wild,” “Is It Day or Night,” “Thunder”) didn’t sit well with middle America but clearly made an impression on several later generations of singers.
Though the group fell apart within a few years, its pioneering spirit and us-against-the-world story is ripe for a big-screen biopic — especially one helmed and written by lauded video director Floria Sigismondi, who has worked on clips for everyone, including Marilyn Manson, Christina Aguilera, Sheryl Crow, Fiona Apple, and the White Stripes.
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