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STEWART PLAYS JETT IN NEW BIOPIC

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Thursday December 4,2008

TWILIGHT star KRISTEN STEWART has been tapped to play rock icon JOAN JETT in a forthcoming biopic about the 1970s star.

The 18-year-old actress will take on the role in new film The Runaways, depicting the all-girl band's rise and fall from the limelight.

Jett, now 50, will serve as executive producer on the project.

Filming is scheduled to begin next year (09).


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