A First Look Teaser For The Runaways Biopic With Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning

By Kevin Coll • December 18, 2009 • View Comments

Kristin Stewart is playing Joan Jett in the musical biopic The Runaways, hence why you have seen her sporting the 80s chic mullet. Written and directed by Floria Sigismondi and co-starring Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie, the film follows Joan Jett and her all-girl band The Runaways. The first trailer for the film comes courtesy of MTV and you can check it out by clicking on the clip below. The premiere of the film will be at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

Twilight star Kristen Stewart is Joan Jett in The Runaways, the rock ‘n’ roll biopic of the 1970s band who was hugely influential as the first successful all-girl hard rock act in America. Its members included guitarists Jett and Lita Ford, drummer Sandy West, singer-keyboardist Cherie Currie and bassist Jackie Fox.

The band was brought together in late 1975 by impresario Kim Fowley, who thought a novelty act of teenage girls performing in leather and lace would be an easy sell, but the girls ended up proving to be serious and influential musicians with songs like “Cherry Bomb.”

The band lasted about four years together, falling apart over management and money issues. Directed by Floria Sigismondi and co-starring Dakota Fanning, Scout Taylor-Compton, Stella Maeve, Alessandra Torresani, Hannah Marks, and Brett Cullen, the film is set to make a nationwide splash on March 19th, 2010.

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Kevin is a film freak, just ask him something movie related and he lights up like a Christmas tree. Originally his destiny was to go to film school, hit LA and try and become the next big thing. Circumstances change but in college, he fell in love with writing. After several failed attempts in starting a legit and hip school online magazine for his university Kevin moved into the blogosphere for himself and began Kevin’s Rant which in 2007 morphed into Fused Film. Kevin has contributed articles on other sites like Geeks of Doom and FilmShaft, he has also been a guest on podcasts for MovieViral and The Film Feed at FS.Net. His favorite movie of all time is Empire Strikes Back, he loves his Chucks, he is an avid Stargate fan and classic rock is his music scene. Email him at: kcoll@fusedfilm.com Follow His Twitter: FusedFilm