Entertainment Weekly is reporting that they have confirmation from Amy’s reps that she has agreed to play Janis Joplin in Get it While You Can. They then go on to talk about the difficulties this project still faces – including what I posted a couple days ago about the music rights. A quick blurb from the article is below and you can read it in its entirety here.

As for the Adams/Meirelles project, which is called Get it While You Can, the script from musician-turned-writer Ron Terry had been owned by Fox Searchlight for the last few years. In fact, around three years ago, Catherine Hardwicke and Reese Witherspoon was a possible director/star combination being discussed. That didn’t come together, and the project lay dormant until Temple Hill found a common vision with Brazilian filmmaker Meirelles. In an ideal world, sources say Meirelles would begin filming the biopic at the end of the year — if his other project, 360, can’t come together.

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