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a film about The Runaways starring Living Things as The Ramones + Marilyn Manson in Cinderella & other movie news

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St. Louis garage rockers Living Things are about to appear as one of their hero bands, the Ramones in the now-filming The Runaways, the biopic about the groundbreaking 70's all-girl hard rock group led by Joan Jett. Kristen Stewart of Twilight fame plays Jett, with Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie and Academy Award-nominated actor Michael Shannon as the band's "Svengali" Kim Fowley...Living Things have already recorded a cover of "We're A Happy Family."

In addition to having a useful resemblance in attitude to the punk progenitors, the band has a direct line into the production - singer Lillian Berlin is the husband of the film's writer and director Floria Sigismondi.

That makes two Twilight actors with roles as rock stars in upcoming movies. Living Things' new record, Habeas Corpus came out earlier this year on Jive Records. A track from it is posted above.

In other movie news, the The Sun UK reports that "drug-guzzling shock-rocker" Marilyn Manson will be filming a musical, "Goth-inspired" version of Cinderella with Harry Potter's Emma Watson. 500 Days of Summer, starring She of She & Him, has an indie rock soundtrack that includes Feist, The Black Lips, and She & Him. Funny People, in addition to featuring characters wearing indie rock t-shirts, also has an indie-friendly soundtrack. Oh, and Patton Oswalt is a Big Fan.

A pic from the set of The Runaways movie, with Living Things tour dates, and some trailers, below...

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning on set...(popsugar)
The Runaways


Living Things - 2009 Tour Dates
Aug 08 Lollapalooza chicago, Illinois
Aug 22 CD 101 Summerfest LC Pavilion Columbus, Ohio
Aug 23 105.7 POINTFEST Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis Maryland Heights, Missouri


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Tags: 500 Days of Summer, Cherie Currie, Cinderella, Dakota Fanning, Emma Watson, Feist, Funny People, goth, Joan Jett, Kim Fowly, Kristen Stewart, Living Things, Marilyn Manson, Ramones, She and Him, soundtracks, The Black Lips, The Ramones, The Runaways, Twilight, Zooey Deschanel

Posted on July 16, 2009 4:19 PM

Comments (12)

so will this be the third Manson film to fall apart before any serious progress?

Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2009 4:36 PM

hmmm, do they ever release movie soundtracks on vinyl? 500 Days of Summer...

Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2009 4:54 PM

That Emma watson/Marilyn Manson thing makes me incredibly depressed.

Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2009 5:44 PM

So Dakota Fanning is now old enough for me to fap over?

Posted by dirty old man | July 16, 2009 9:39 PM

Those women are to old to play the runaways.
the exploitation of the runaways was on par with tween porn.

Posted by mike flood | July 16, 2009 10:50 PM

Zooey Deschanel goes topless in Gigantic:
http://fleshbot.com/5272499/zooey-deschanel-bares-some-in-gigantic

Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2009 10:51 PM

Also Rose McGowan was just walking around nude with Marilyn Manson:
http://fleshbot.com/5302175/rose-mcgowans-sheer-elegance/gallery/

Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2009 10:54 PM

WTF? Has Gawker Media hired someone to post comment spam for Fleshbot?

Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2009 10:58 PM

"hired," no. Gawker Media makes the interns do this for free and THEN maybe they consider hiring them.

Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2009 11:47 PM

Dakota says:
Reggie wouldn't know who the Runaways were. Isn't that right Reggie? Hes more into Peaches n Herb

Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2009 2:43 AM

"hired," no. Gawker Media makes the interns do this for free and THEN maybe they consider hiring them.

Posted by Designer Wedding Gowns | September 12, 2009 12:42 PM

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