{"id":25991,"date":"2024-09-10T18:17:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T22:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=25991"},"modified":"2024-09-10T21:51:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T01:51:04","slug":"shailene-woodley-to-play-janis-joplin-in-upcoming-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=25991","title":{"rendered":"Shailene Woodley to Play Janis Joplin in Upcoming Biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0940362\/\">Shailene Woodley<\/a> will play the role of rock singer <a href=\"https:\/\/rockhall.com\/inductees\/janis-joplin\/\">Janis Joplin<\/a> in an upcoming biopic, which is receiving Woodley will also produce the film, which has received a $2.5 million tax credit from the California Film Commission.<br \/><br \/>Joplin died at the age of 27 in 1970 but no biopic has yet been made about her. In the half century since her passing, a number of actresses have been approached about playing her role, including Amy Adams, Zooey Deschanel, Melissa Etheridge, and Pink, among others.<br \/><br \/>In announcing her plans, Woodley stated that \u201cCalifornia meant so much to Janis Joplin \u2014 from the stoops of San Francisco to the wooden walls of Sunset Sound, the state became the stage upon which she explored not just the world of music, but the world of her vibrant humanity.\u201d <br \/><br \/>Woodley added: \u201cI have a feeling Janis would be smiling ear to ear, zipping down the PCH in her psychedelic Porsche knowing her story is bringing opportunities and funding to the city and people that held so much significance to her. \u2026Thank you to the California Film Commission\u2019s Film &amp; Television Tax Credit Program \u2014 myself and the other producers on this project believe California is the only place to film a slice of Janis\u2019s life with authenticity and truth \u2014 and we are so grateful to have received the green light to do so!\u201d<br \/><br \/>The prolific Woodley played the roles of Hazel Grace Lancaster in <em><strong>The Fault in Our Stars<\/strong><\/em> and Beatrice \u201cTris\u201d Prior in <em><strong>The Divergent<\/strong><\/em> series. Other of her film credits include appearances in <em><strong>The Descendants, White Bird in a Blizzard, Snowden, Adrift, The Mauritanian, The Fallout, The Last Letter from Your Lover, To Catch a Killer, Robots, Ferrari,<\/strong><\/em> and<em><strong> Dumb Money<\/strong><\/em>. Woodley\u2019s television credits include the roles of Jane Chapman in <em><strong>Big Little Lies<\/strong> <\/em>and Gia Lombardi in <em><strong>Three Women<\/strong><\/em>, among others.<br \/><br \/>Janis Joplin was an iconic rock star whose many hits earned her a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Some of her popular titles include \u201cBall and Chain,\u201d \u201cCry Baby,\u201d \u201cDown on Me,\u201d \u201cGet It While You Can,\u201d \u201cKozmic Blues,\u201d \u201cMe and Bobby McGee,\u201d \u201cMove Over,\u201d \u201cPiece of My Heart,\u201d \u201cSummertime,\u201d and \u201cTry (Just a Little Bit Harder).\u201d<br \/><br \/>Check out more of Edward&#8217;s articles<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shailene Woodley will play the role of rock singer Janis Joplin in an upcoming biopic, which is receiving Woodley will also produce the film, which has received a $2.5 million tax credit from the California Film Commission. 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