The Runaways: The Movie

The best looking band in the history of rock n' roll is getting the biopic treatment. Joan Jett will be played by some girl who is big right now thanks to some vampire teen book adaptation that I never heard of before last week (though by the very nature of vampire vs. wizards, it has to be better than that Henry Potter buggaboo). I suppose our gal Zooey was a more obvious choice but somehow one cannot see Zooey playing such a tough chick. Now the question is...who will play Lita Ford? And maybe more importantly, who will play the presumably villainous role of Kim Fowley? (Probably Kim Fowley).

If this seems headed for a typical Hollywood disaster (the traditional pointing out of which has itself become boring), the saving grace could be that the film is being scripted and directed by Floria Sigismondi, one of the best music video makers around. She has a consistently excellent vision, usually darkly glamorous (think the White Stripes' "Blue Orchid" video), right up the alley of the story of the Runaways.