Kristen Stewart is Joan Jett

Twilight star Kristen Stewart has signed on to play famous rock’n'roller Joan Jett in The Runaways. Music video director Floria Sigismondi wrote and will helm the project. Sigismondi’s videos have included Marilyn Manson’s Tourniquet, Christina Aguilera’s Fighter and The White Stripes’ Blue Orchid.

The film is a biopic of the first successful all-girl hard rock band The Runaways (hence the title), which fell apart after four years due to management and money disputes.  According to THR, the film “will revolve around Jett and [singer-keyboardist Cherie] Currie and follow them from the band’s meteoric rise as teenagers to their dissolution and disillusionment.”

River Road Entertainment hopes to go into production in 2009, but they will have to work around the Twilight sequel New Moon, which is supposedly gearing up for a March 2009 start.

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  • desiree100
    OH WHATS THAT SOUND????


    OH WAIT....ITS YOU BEING A POMPOUS ASS IDIOT!!!!!


    GROW UP!
  • A FAN.
    I WASN'T GOING TO DIGNIFY THAT WITH A RESPONSE...

    BUT I FELT SOMETHING AS PATHETIC AND "POMPOUS" MUST BE EXHIBITED

    AND BY THE WAY...IT'S AN OPINION AND ONLY CHILDREN HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME EXCEPTING IT...
  • A FAN.
    WHATS THAT SOUND!

    O WAIT...I NO.

    ITS THE END OF THE WORLD.

    APPARENTLY GOD THOUGHT KRISTEN PORTRAYING JOAN WAS A PIECE OF CRAP TOO.
  • loveghost
    I wish Kristen never cut her beautiful hair and never dye black. She's not good good with strange black short hair. Go back, go back to Bella, quit Joan Jett. Joan's personally is very werid. I like Bella's personally is more calm and girlie..Joan is a man I hate it. But I understand that Kristen have to do it for film, I dont blame her and her hair will come back in few months and when she finish her film that getting better mood. I disappoint with Joan push her real hard to make her more stress and exhaused, not good. I can see how Kristen's mood is different. Im sure Rob was upset with Joan what she had done to Kristen.. I wish Rob speak out at the runaway directors.. Im so glad Rob didnt threw her away, he still keep her and he help her. He knew she will come back very beauitul in few month he love her eyes and face..He dont care about her hair he knew her hair will come back in few month and better mood when she finish the runaway film. Give her alot of rest and grab good sleep before she go to Eclipse. Rob knew already..Shes make me laugh so hard shes funny I love Kristen. Go KRISTEN..
  • loveghost
    I mean not look good with strange black short hair, sorry i accident type. lol
  • never-to-return
    I said it when they first announced this film: Asia Argento should play Joan Jett.

    Hell, even Zooey Deschanel would put Stewart to shame.
  • MeXiCaNvAmPiRe
    oh WoW. can't wait to see it. Kristen is amazing. LOve her!
  • avy
    i love Kristen Stewart, i think she is amazing and i think she will be great in this role but i almost cried when i saw the pictures of her hair, she cut it all off i mean really she could have gone with a wig but no she gets a horrible hair cut oh well i still love her.
  • caitlyn
    just so you guys no i have n oidea who joan jett is but im12 sooooooo but she is definately nit a bimbo and she played twilight awsomely bella swan is not supposed t oshow lots of emotion so sje played it like she was supposed tooo soooooooo just back off of her shes only human just like the rest of us would you guys want someone commenting on your every move and everytiny YOU did i mean come on give her a break
  • She's not a teenybopper. She's a actually a very good actress. I really think kristen will do a good job at portraying Joan Jett.
  • Samantha
    I agree with lauren. I have been a huge fan of kristen and was actually disappointed she was cast in twilight, because I know she thought it would be a small independent movie, not this big upscale hollywood blockbuster. I have watched her since she was in panic room, and loved her in both in to the wild and in the land of women. She was like 12 and 15 in these movies and i'll be damned if most 15 yr olds could convey such emotion and intellect. She is smart, intelligent and I feel like she is wise beyond her years. I can't believe she is like 5 years younger than me considering how grown up she acts, and considering some of the books and artists she likes. I really admire her. Anyhow, just my opinion!! :)
  • lauren
    Wow some of you guys are completely misinformed. First of all Kristen can act Twilight was just a bad film. And she has been playing the guitar for a long time and can sing pretty well. Just watch Into the Wild. Most of her films have been real quality indies she is about the exact opposite of Hollywood bimbo that you claim she is. She has tons of bad attitude which has garnered her some bad press since she clearly doesn't care about being a celebrity. She is the real deal even though she is so young. She was pretty much a nobody prior to Twilight which she thought was an going to be an indie flick since the budget was small and the director was Catherine Hardwicke (thirteen, lords of dogtown).

    I wouldn't use information from wikipedia since it's not always factual. She has stated in interviews that she likes classics and her favorite band is the Rolling Stones. If you actually saw her in an interview or whatever you could tell she is totally right for this role. Plus she spent some time with Joan Jett and obviously Jett thinks she is too. They stayed up talking all night! Don't judge her and this film before you know all the facts! Everything I just stated has come from Kristen's mouth via tv interviews or magazine articles.
  • Danny
    Can anyone from 'the Donnas' act? Their guitar player would be a decent Lita Ford...and she can actually play the damn thing...
  • twilight'sbiggestfan
    I dislike kristin so much! she is a horrible actress! she was so unemotional and lacked of acting skills in twilight! when she was supposed to be happy, it was total obvious that she was lacking acting chops! and to play joan jett?!? joan jett is one of the most awesome people in rock n roll and they pick kristin to play her?!? i hope the movie either doesnt get filmed or gets no attention cause i am a big twilight fan and she put shame to Bella Swan. the girl who played violet in a series of unfortunate events WAS picked by stephanie meyer! but that damn director didnt use her! she would have been the perfect Bella but she picks kristin who only tried out for the make-out scene (of course, the bimbo) and there are hardly and lines in that scene in twilight. i spat on her so-called acting chops!
  • Hardwicke, director of Twilight chose Kristen as she knew her boyfriend and her co-star Emile Hirsch referred her. Kristen behaves odd, insecure, seems unable to not behave like a punk rocker EVEN when off The Runaways set, is often hostile, has been insulting to fans, looks and behaves like a tough tom boy instead of as a star, is lacking charm and class as of late.

    With that said, she advocated for Rob to get the part, was kind to him and built his confidence up. I think they fell in love and both knew that they are too young to commit right now. He has admitted to being celibate, Catholic and believes you wait for the right person. He is a late bloomer and a really nice and funny guy. I hope that she gets her act together because the photos of her smoking a bong on You Tube and acting insecure, itchy and weird at Comic Con 2009 make me worried for her and her effect on Rob. See linked videos
  • Josie Marie
    Can we collect signatures so we can STOP this shit goin on????
    This is an insult! they must put someone who can SING and PLAY A DAMN GUITAR!!!!!! I'm sure she can't even play a tambourine!!! I'm so sick of these bimbos trying to play "lets be rockstars"....
    Ashley Tisdale covering Pat Benatar....that's another! the world is fuckin craze!
  • JoanJetta
    EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
    Screw Hollywood. How dare they cast some teeny-bopper star to portray one of the most amazing women in rock and roll. This Kristen chick is no Joan Jett. And wow, they have her in an obvious poseur punk "Clash" shirt that you can get at any upscale boutique selling the rock and roll life style.

    Also, on wikipedia she is quoted as saying that " U2, Radiohead, The Beatles, The Specials, Laura Marling, Green Day, Nirvana" are her favorite bands.

    U2? Green Day?

    EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
  • Name
    dude, green day and U2 are AMAZING! at least she has good taste in music!
  • TheGoodLordSayeth
    You have missed the point ENTIRELY!!! Kristen is portraying a "young" Joan Jett, not the Joan Jett of today. The Runaways was over 25 years ago. Kristen is a good actor as was seen in Panic Room and she'll continue to get good roles if she keeps her nose clean. As for not "looking like" Joan Jett; unless Joan has an adolescent daughter that we know nothing about they were gonna have to pull out the makeup anyway! It's not called "acting" for nothing, people!
  • VAMP4JETT
    SO SICK OF HOLLYWOOD GOING WITH POPULAR AND NOT A NO NAME THAT LOOKS AND IS QUALIFIED. FACE IT, KRISTEN LOOKS NOTHING LIKE JOAN JETT!
  • jadeite
    Just me,i think,anyone is can't, they should let's joan play herself.joan is great!
  • I liked the casting, but yeah I dunno if she has the acting chops. I'd have preferred Caplan too but whatever.
  • In terms of LOOKING right for the part, this is pretty nice casting. As for performance, well, Floria might have some work to do... I'm just saying.
  • Heh.. Christina Aguilera's Fighter video was something if I remember.
  • Oi Vey
    Maybe it's just me, but I think Lizzy Caplan looks more like Joan Jett..
  • Emm
    I'm pretty excited for this one as well, she holds a good resemblance to Joan Jett, I'm sure she'll be able to hold her own. Anyways, if she has to sing, she didn't have a bad voice in "Into the Wild"
  • Mick J
    More like FUCK yes. Someone needs to get on that.
  • Bad casting...

    Wanna see a great actor in a band film? Watch Gary Oldman in Sid and Nancy.
  • dbbarrett
    you're an idiot, he was brilliant. i mean really it was sid vicious
  • Fuck yes.
  • I dunno, man. I think she has decent acting chops. And could be great. I thought Twilight was pretty fucking terrible but I honestly thought her performance was pretty nice actually. It was subtle. And her character in Into the Wild was obviously good as well. However, I do think she has a lot of to learn. And I agree with the fidgeting. What's with that?
  • Second That casting is decent for looks... but that may not be enough!!!
  • Joe Newman
    Luckily for me I now have two Runaways movies to look forward to (hopefully)
  • Damn, Joan Jett is so so sexy...Kristen Stewart as Jett?...meh
  • The only Runaways movie I care about involves a pet dinosaur.
  • Agreed. I cringed when I read this news. It's not that I dislike Kristen Stewart, but I think she has a lot of growing to do, such as stop the fidgeting! Nothing I've seen her in tells me she'll portray a strong enough presence to pull off rocker Joan Jett. Then again this is Jett as a teenager...
  • keeeydoh
    Am I the only one who feels that there just doesn't need to be a Joan Jett biopic?

    I like the Runaways just as much as anybody else, but... come on. If somebody's trying to make money off Bell's new stardom, at least do it in something interesting.

    the only thing I can hope for in this film is that they show a more realistic Darby Crash than in the Shane West biopic. But this isn't much to look forward to.
  • This could be really cool. Hopefully since it's a biopic, it won't end up like the epic fail that was "Prey for Rock and Roll", the last chick rock and roll movie that I can think of.
  • This will be a break out role for her. I know she's popular with Twilight but this will get critics noticing her.
  • georgia
    Yeah Lizzy Caplan totally looks like Joan Jett! A pity she's too old to play a teenager
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