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According to The Hollywood Reporter, she has signed on to play Joan Jett in a biopic about the rocker's 1970s all-girl band, The Runaways. (Jett will also serve as an executive producer.)
The Runaways -- comprised of guitarists Jett and Lita Ford, drummer Sandy West, singer-keyboardist Cherie Currie and bassist Jackie Fox -- were one of the first successful all-girl hard rock bands.
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Before disbanding over management and money issues, they churned out hits like "Cherry Bomb."
The movie will follow Jett and Currie as teenagers "to their dissolution and disillusionment," according to The Reporter.
Production is set to begin next year, but filming will have to revolve around Stewart's commitments to the two upcoming Twilight sequels.
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The first, New Moon, is expected to shoot sometime in early 2009.
Twilight Catherine Hardwickie - who has yet to formally sign on to film the sequels - recently told MTV News that New Moon is aiming to be "finished by the end of 2009, if not the beginning of 2010; cameras could be rolling in about five months."
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She added, "We spent about a year and three months getting [Twilight] ready, between writing the script and casting. We could probably do things a little bit faster this time, but who knows? It depends. And sometimes you can do things really fast. You can get two editors on, and you can just zip through."
Since its Nov. 21 opening, Twilight has earned more than $120 million.
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Nikkii love the twilight saga!!kristen doesnt look beauttiful!i dont like her but im great about her playing for the role of bella swan.great book!!praise stephanie meyer.cant wait to see new moon in the movies!!i love rob,hate his british accentreport abuseposted August 4, 2009 3:19 AM PDT
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um ... no offense but me and my sis think she looks a bit not herself lately ever since we saw her at the mtv awards ... she's clumsy, quiet kind of , and to her self, and a potty mouth which she never really used in her entire life on my watch ... i think she would be ok to play joan jett ... but i think somebody else should play the part ... too late anyway :preport abuseposted July 30, 2009 9:06 PM PDT
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Theawell ilove joan jett she really wants go with robert pattisonreport abuseposted December 7, 2008 5:59 PM PST
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short-stuff!don't play a rocker. just keep smoking your pipe..report abuseposted December 3, 2008 10:23 PM PST
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stevenJoan Jett is probably one of the true female rockers who never really sold herself sexually. she deserves a biopic if for no other reason she was the first to rock as a woman for 25 years (endurance,) her writing is pure Rock and Roll (sincere,) she may still be the only woman who started a record company (and it is still going,) she was the first female rock group to play bhind the iron curtainreport abuseposted December 3, 2008 3:47 PM PST
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Lisa BWell it only makes sense. Isnt her Twilight costar Robert Pattinson signed to play Jeff Buckley?report abuseposted December 3, 2008 12:47 PM PST
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ChristinneCasting couch and connections speak for that. She has no talent, nor any ressemblance to JOAN JETT.report abuseposted December 3, 2008 9:09 AM PST
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Adriannawhat the hell i love the movie but noreport abuseposted December 3, 2008 7:36 AM PST
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KateI adore Kristen Stewart!report abuseposted December 3, 2008 7:24 AM PST
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MickeyI like Joan Jett, but really see no need for her biopic. And I saw Twilight and didn't think this girl was that great of an actor, actually thought she "over-acted" too much.report abuseposted December 3, 2008 7:09 AM PST
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