Twilight star Kristen Stewart will play Joan Jett in an upcoming movie about the 70’s all-girl rock band The Runaways.
Kristen was also in Panic Room, Into The Wild and Jumper and will be seen in the Twilight sequel New Moon.Florida Sigismondi is directing the movie. Florida’s credits include video clips fro Marilyn Manson (The Beautiful People), David Bowie (Little Wonder) and Sheryl Crow (Anything But Down).
The Runaways were one of the early manufactured groups. Kim Fowley who recruited Jett, Sandy West, Cherrie Currie and Lita Ford put them together.
The movie has an all-star cast with Dakota Fanning (I Am Sam, War of the Worlds) as Currie, Alessandra Torresani (ER, Malcolm In The Middle) as Ford and Stella Maeve (Law & Order) as West.
The Runways formed in 1975 and broke up in 1979. They were best known for their 1976 hit ‘Cherry Bomb’.
