Dakota Fanning is negotiating to play lead singer Cheri Currie in "The Runaways," the biopic of the '70s all-girl band that already has "Twilight" star Kristen Stewart playing Joan Jett.
Scripted and directed by Floria Sigismondi, the film begins production in late spring.
At 15, Fanning is the same age Currie was when she made her debut with the Runaways as the lead singer who belted out hard-edged tunes like "Cherry Bomb." Currie became caught up in drugs and a hard-partying lifestyle.
John and Art Linson are producing with River Road Entertainment's Bill Pohlad, with Jett serving as exec producer.
OK, so this is going to happen. This is lit green. Nothing anyone can do about it. But if it's going to happen, I gotta play Kim Fowley. I just gotta! I need an agent, stat! Look at this, I was born to play that dude.
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