L'attrice Zooey Deschanel recitera' nei panni della cantante Janis Joplin nel film "The Gospel According to Janis", diretto dalla regista Penelope Spheeris. La produzione del film iniziera' il 13 novembre a Philadelphia, basandosi sullo script firmato dalla stessa Spheeris e da David Dalton. Durante gli anni '60, Dalton segui' la Joplin in tour e pote' quindi assistere, seppur brevemente, alla vita della grande cantante

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from: "the hollywood north reporter"

Deschanel doing "Joplin" for Spheeris' "Janis"

bio-pic based on 1960's rock singer
September 19th 2006 06:14am Posted by: Michael Stevens, HNR Senior Editor

Actress Zooey "Elf" Deschanel will play singer 'Janis Joplin' for director Penelope "Suburbia" Spheeris, in the bio-pic drama The Gospel According to Janis.

Production starts November 13 in Philadelphia, Pa., from a screenplay by Spheeris and David Dalton.

During the 1960's, Dalton accompanied Joplin on tour, assigned by Rolling Stone magazine to profile the late singer.

Producers of The Gospel According to Janis are Peter "The Squid and the Whale" Newman, Greg Johnson, William Haney and Tim Disney.

Deschanel will reportedly do all her own singing as Joplin for the film.

Although she toured solo before her death in 1969, Joplin received her
early fame during the 1960's, fronting the psychedelic San Francisco
band Big Brother and the Holding Company.