Joan Jett has hopes for 'Runaways'

August 25, 2009 Joan Jett and her creative and business partner Kenny Laguna are expressing optimism for "The Runaways," the film based on the maligned but influential all-female rock band that Jett co-founded and led from 1975-79. The film, which is partly based on Runaways singer Cherie Currie's 1989 memoir "Neon Angel," features "Twilight" star Kristen Stewart as Jett, Dakota Fanning as Currie and Michael Shannon as original producer Kim Fowley. Jett, meanwhile, is considering releasing a new greatest hits album in 2010 that may include some of the new material she's been working on.

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