"CORALINE" Still draws crowds

Friday March 19, 2009

CORALINE (2009)—The first ever stop-motion animated film to be shot entirely in 3-D, continues to attract moviegoers after more than a month in theatres. With voice-work by Dakota Fanning, CORALINE has earned $70 million to date, enough to lift the Neil Gainman/Henry Selick's dark re-telling of a young girl's "down-the-rabbit-hole" fantasy to No. 6 among the most popular 3-D films of all time.

Dakota Fanning fronts 'Runaways'

Saturday March 7, 2009

VARIETY (03.04.09)—Dakota Fanning is negotiating to play lead singer Cherie Currie in "The Runaways," the biopic of the '70s all-girl rock band that already has TWILIGHT star Kristen Stewart playing Joan Jett. Scripted and directed by Floria Sigismondi, the film begins production in late spring.

At 15, Fanning is the same age Currie was when she made her debut with the Runaways as the lead singer who belted out hard-edged tunes like "Cherry Bomb." Currie became caught up in drugs and a hard-partying lifestyle.

John and Art Linson are producing with River Road Entertainment's Bill Pohland, with Joan Jett serving as executive producer.

Fanning, who most recently starred in THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES and PUSH, and voice-work on CORALINE, is also slated to play a vampire in the "Twilight" sequel NEW MOON.