There’s never been a Janis Joplin biopic. There have been movies — like the 1979 Bette Midler vehicle The Rose, originally conceived as a Joplin movie before Joplin’s estate withheld rights to her ...

Shailene Woodley is ready to rock and roll as Janis Joplin in an upcoming biopic about the legendary singer’s life. When asked by Jimmy Fallon if she will lend her own singing voice to the project ...

Step aside Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, there’s a new iconic singer biopic in the works with its lead star transforming onstage into a rocker. Shailene Woodley has confirmed that she will be ...

Linda Perry, who is the music producer on the film, put Woodley in a lot of "uncomfortable situations" to unlock her singing voice. Step aside Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, there’s a new iconic ...

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Perry tells EW plot details for the upcoming film in an exclusive statement about the Joplin biopic. After Woodley revealed Wednesday on Live With Kelly and Mark that she was working with Perry — who ...

As a gig-musical, it is a five-star belter, with more talent onstage than is decent. Not just the singer who plays Janis, Mary Bridget Davies (Sharon Sexton will cover at some performances) but a trio ...

Shailene Woodley confirms she will be singing in character as Janis Joplin for the musical biopic in which she stars. It’s going to be a big year for musical biopics with Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, The ...

Janis Joplin was born on January 19, 1943, in Port Arthur, Texas. Sadly, she died of a heroin overdose at the young age of 27, in Los Angeles, California in 1970. In between those dates, though, she ...