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Is Shailene Woodley Set to Play One of the Most Iconic Singers of All Time? · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: While Bette Midler's nineteen seventy nine film The Rose was
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Speaker 2: loosely based on the life and times of Janis Joplin.
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Speaker 2: It's hard to believe that today there's never been a
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Speaker 2: true biopic about inarguably one of the most iconic and
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Speaker 2: influential rock singers of all time, but that's likely about
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Speaker 2: to change. Chalen Woodley, who's hard at work trying to
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Speaker 2: produce and star in a film about the nineteen sixties
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Speaker 2: blues icon who passed away at only twenty seven, was
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Speaker 2: just to proof for a multimillion dollar tax credit to
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Speaker 2: shoot the film in California, where the Texan moved and
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Speaker 2: found fame. Challeen says in a statement, I have a
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Speaker 2: feeling Janis would be smiling ear to ear, zipping down
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Speaker 2: the pch in her psychedelic Porsche, knowing her stories, bringing
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Speaker 2: opportunities and funding to the city and people that held
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Speaker 2: so much significance to her. We believe California is the
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Speaker 2: only place to film a slice of Janis's life with
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Speaker 2: authenticity and truth. There's still a long way to go
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Speaker 2: before cameras would begin rolling on set, but the long
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Speaker 2: awaited Janis Joplin movie is one major step closer to
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Speaker 2: being realized.
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Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.