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  • Janis Joplin: Former Manager Opens Up About Her Vulnerability

    Janis Joplin: Former Manager Opens Up About Her Vulnerability

    Janis Joplin was a powerhouse on stage, with the kind of whiskey-soaked voice that made fans stand still and take notice; once she threw her head back and wailed, it was hard not to see her for the strong, take-no-crap woman she appeared to be. But offstage, Joplin had trouble coming to terms with her success and, at one point, felt she was failing on her own, which led to drinking and drug use.

    “She left Big Brother, whom she loved, because she saw a greater challenge, which was: could she hold center stage and the spotlight alone as a solo artist with a backup band? And in that year, she felt that she was failing and when she and Albert Grossman decided to terminate the Kozmic Blues Band after the contracted gigs were played, she felt that she was a failure — that her attempt to go out as a solo artist had failed. And this led to her darkest period and the worst excesses in terms of alcohol and drugs,” John Byrne Cooke told NPR.


    Joplin has become a legend in the music world, dead too soon of an overdose at 27, and while many, many Hollywood screenwriters have tried and failed to create a film worthy of her story, one says he might have something in production as early as next fall.

    Ron Terry is reportedly teaming up with Jean-Marc Vallée–director of Dallas Buyer’s Club–to bring us Joplin’s story, and Amy Adams is rumored to be on board to play the icon.

    “This finally feels right. I’m hoping this it,” Terry told the L.A. Times.

    If the rumors are true, Adams may well be able to portray both sides of Joplin: the loud, ballsy performer we all knew, and the sweet, insecure soul who needed reassurance.

    “What people know is the dynamic personality on stage and then in addition to that the kind of brash woman of the streets, which was part of the public personality that she projected. But, you know, she was also sweet and vulnerable and compassionate and she could be this little girl who was so full of doubt about whether she was doing a good enough job that she could come offstage with this tumultuous ovation happening out there and saying, “Did I do OK?” Cooke said.

  • Amy Adams Will Play Janis Joplin in Biopic Directed by ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Director

    In an upcoming biopic, Amy Adams will play the legendary rock star Janis Joplin.

    Adams originally became attached to the film, titled Janis Joplin: Get It While You Can, in 2010. She later dropped out of it. Other actresses and singers who were rumored to play Joplin in biopics include Zooey Deschanel, Pink, Lili Taylor, Renee Zellweger, and Reese Witherspoon.

    According to Rolling Stone, producer Peter Newman has attempted for nearly 15 years to get a Joplin biopic, originally called Joplin but now entitled Janis, made. In 2012, Tony Award winner Nina Arianda was cast to play Joplin in Janis. The film is still in the development phase of production-with exclusive rights to 21 of Joplin’s most well-known songs.

    IMDB describes the plot of Janis as being about “a Rolling Stone writer assigned to write a cover story on the enigmatic Janis Joplin ends up on a long tour with the singer at the height of her success.”

    In 2012, Lee Daniels (The Butler) was in talks to direct Get It While You Can. The Oscar nominated director was set to replace director Fernando Meirelles (City of God). Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) was also once attached to direct the biopic. The latest director attached to take over the project is Dallas Buyers Club director Jean-Marc Vallee.

    Adams hasn’t shied away from singing in past films. She had some very memorable singing moments in one of her first blockbuster films Enchanted. So it’s likely that Adams won’t hesitate to sing when given the opportunity to do so in Get It While You Can.

    The five time Oscar nominee’s love for Joplin seems to extend way beyond this film. She admitted to Vogue that if given the opportunity to have coffee with anyone dead or alive, it be Joplin, “but it probably wouldn’t be coffee.” Her passion for the artist may earn her yet another Oscar nomination.

    Production on Get It While You Can is set to begin during the latter half of 2015. Vallee is currently getting ready for the release of Wild, starring Witherspoon. Wild opens in theaters nationwide on Dec. 5. Adams can be seen this Christmas in Big Eyes.

  • Amy Adams To Play Janis Joplin In Biopic

    Amy Adams was rumored to be taking on the role of Janis Joplin in the biopic, Get it While You Can, starting back in 2010 when the project was first getting off the ground.

    Now, those rumors have finally been confirmed. Amy Adams will play the hard-living, gritty-voiced Janis Joplin.

    Amy Adams is used to singing on screen. I mean, she was absolutely adorable in Enchanted, right? Can she twist her voice into that familiar husky voice that we are so familiar with?

    “Me and Bobby McGeee”, “Cry Baby”, and “To Love Somebody” were a huge part of a soundtrack of a generation. Amy Adams has some really big shoes to fill.

    Janis Joplin lived a hard, fast life, starting with the band Big Brother and the Holding Company and moving on to solo projects with backing bands The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band.

    Fans called her stage presence “electric” and her songs led her to be called “The Queen of Psychedelic Soul”, and she also became known as “Pearl” among her friends.

    Joplin died tragically at the young age of 27 from a heroin overdose. Amy Adams is 40 years old, but looks closer to 27.

    Dallas Buyers Club director Jean-Marc Vallee is in talks to direct the film. Lee Daniels dropped the project in 2012 and before that, Fernando Meirelles and Catherine Hardwicke were said to be on board, but that fell through.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bld_-7gzJ-o

    Amy Adams, Jean-Marc Vallee, and the rest of the team will begin filming in the second half of 2015.

    What do you think about Amy Adams taking on the role of Janis Joplin?