Nina Arianda To Play Janis Joplin in Film JOPLIN

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"After recently winning the Tony for best actress in a play for Venus In Fur, Nina Arianda will make her screen-starring debut playing 1960s rock icon Janis Joplin.

JOPLIN, a film that looks back on the final six months of the singer’s life with flashbacks to her early career, will be directed by Sean Durkin, whose feature debut MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE won him a slew of festival acclaim including Best Director at Sundance..."

http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/janis-joplin-film-casting-nina-arianda-tony-winner-sean-durkin-directing/#utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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Updated On: 7/9/12 at 07:16 PM
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Jenna Maroney is going to be pissed!
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[Sorry to hijack this thread]

This just makes me think of Jane Krakowski's hilarious portrayal of Jenna on 30 Rock... and how she was playing Joplin a biopic at one point. Lol.. It's somewhere in the clip/link below... A good excuse to watch all of Krakowski's funny moments. Why hasn't that woman won an Emmy yet!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBzZz5t70-s

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What happened to Amy Adams? She was attached to a Janis Joplin biopic forever.
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But Nina is super exciting too!
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F*CKing awesome.
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SO excited.
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MARY MARGARET MACY MARLENE was one of the most boring movies I've ever sat through.
I wish them all luck, capturing Janis is a huge task.
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I'm most excited to hear Arianda's singing voice. If it's anything like people who have heard her already have said, we're in for a treat.

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 7/9/12 at 09:39 PM
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I'm fascinated and quite excited about this.


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I still want her in the Jennifer Tilly role in the "Bullets Over Broadway" musical. I hope this doesn't throw a wrench into my plans. haha
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Nasty-she would be excellent in that role.
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I'd see this woman do ANYTHING so I'm SO ****ing excited for this!
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Nina will be amazing. Good for her!
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So many actresses have been linked to this project over the last decade. I will believe it when I see it, but won't hold my breath.
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The last several decades.
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So many actresses have been linked to this project over the last decade. I will believe it when I see it, but won't hold my breath.

I agree. This Janis Joplin bio has been in the works for decades and everyone from Melissa Etheridge to Renee Zellweger have been attached (AND confirmed) and nothing ever went into production.

I feel this one will go in that direction as well, so I won't be holding my breath.

Kudos for yet another attempt at keeping this bio film relevant, though. Nina Arianda To Play Janis Joplin in Film JOPLIN
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Wow? She sings? That well? That just doesn't seem fair.
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Nina Arianda To Play Janis Joplin in Film JOPLIN

I guess she sort of looks like her?

Oh who cares- if this film ever gets made there will be no one left alive who remembers who Jackie Jompjorp was. They have whoever lip sync to some great old songs and they will win an Oscar.

No good can possibly come from using this vast wasteland of error and deliberate deceit. You should get off of it and warn others away. You should make sure your children and grandchildren know what a corrupt and morally bankrupt institution it truly is.
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Well Charlize Theron didn't look much like Eileen Wuornos and look at how she was able to transform for Monster.
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Well, Eileeen Wournos wasn't even a little bit famous.
No good can possibly come from using this vast wasteland of error and deliberate deceit. You should get off of it and warn others away. You should make sure your children and grandchildren know what a corrupt and morally bankrupt institution it truly is.