Two new ‘The Runaways’ Poster

Two new The Runaways poster have been revealed. These new images features Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie.

Thanks to KristenStewartFan.Org.

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Video: The Vanity Fair Interview at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival

Vanity Fair was able to talk to Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning during their media interviews at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

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Videos: Sundance interviews

Here are a couple more video interviews of Kristen and Dakota during their media interviews at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

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Video: Access Hollywood interviews Kristen and Dakota

Here is an interview of Kristen and Dakota at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival as conducted by Access Hollywood.

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More pictures: Kristen and Dakota at Sundance

Radar Online has posted new images of Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning hanging out with Joan Jett at the premiere and after party of The Runaways. Here are a few of them:

To view more images, click on the link above.

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Kristen and Dakota: The kiss wasnt that big of a deal

One of the most “controversial” – or look-forward-to – scenes in The Runaways would probably be the kiss between Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. But in an interview with MTV News, both actress affirmed that it wasnt that big of a deal and that they only did it because it was called for in the movie.

“I don’t think it was ever a big deal to me,” explained Dakota, who plays Runaways lead singer Cherie Currie, adding that having Cherie and Joan Jett (Kristen) kiss in the film “was just a thing, another day” for the characters.

Kristen agreed with her pal insisting that the kiss was just a part of the script and not done for shock value. “It was never a big deal to me either … especially the way it was written into the story and the way it wasn’t, ‘And they finally get together,’ ” she explained.

The actresses elaborated further on this in an interview with E!Online.

“It’s just something we did,” Stewart said at last night’s Sundance Film Festival premiere of the biopic about Joan Jett’s 1970s all-girl rock band, The Runaways. ”In this story, it’s so not like a romantic thing. It’s just something that they just do.”

“We had so many other really crazy things that we were intimidated by, like, we had a performance that day,” Stewart said. “So when that came up on the schedule we were like, ‘Whoa!’ But then, ‘Alright, whatever.’ It was sort of just like another thing.”

They also talked a bit about Breaking Dawn. Kristen mentioned that even she doesn’t know if the book will be split into two movies or not.

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Kristen and Dakota premieres The Runaways (Updated)

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning bring rock n’ roll history to the red carpet premiere of their new movie, The Runaways held at the Eccles Centre Theatre in Park City, Utah. They were joined by Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, whom they portrayed in the biopic film.

Early reviews of the film has been good so far, praising Kristen’s and Dakota’s portrayal of the rock legends. Here are a few of them:

Cinematical:

Kristen Stewart steps out of her normal angsty girl act and nails down the punk rock, hard as nails Jett, and Fanning is equally as good with her disconnected portrayal of Currie, who is dealing with the fact that she’s abandoning her alcoholic father and her twin sister Marie (played as fraternal in the movie, although they were identical in real life) to embrace a life of rock and roll.

Powerful performances from Stewart, Fanning, and Shannon, and a song showcase that puts in bold what the Runaways were all about, while giving a bit of short shrift to the other band members. These girls were, for a very short time, the Queens of Noise. Fanning’s concert performance of “Cherry Bomb” will be ringing in your ears for days.

The Collider:

With fantastic performances from Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning and Michael Shannon, The RunawaysNeon Angel: The Cherie Currie Story by Cherie Currie, The Runaways tells the coming-of-age story of the teenage rock band The Runaways and how they came together in the mid 1970’s.  Kristen Stewart stars as Joan Jett, Dakota Fanning is Cherie Currie, and Michael Shannon stars as the über-eccentric Kim Fowley – the man who put The Runaways together. delivered the goods at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.  Based on the book

Again, the performances are fantastic across the board, and Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning really impressed me with their portrayals of these still-living rock stars.

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Update: Here are a few more reviews of the film, both good and bad.

Hollywood Reporter Blog:

What can I tell you about Dakota Fanning? Two years ago, when she was 13, her character in the terrible “Hound Dog” was raped on screen. Now she’s a rocker having lesbian sex, smoking, drinking, snorting coke off the floor, wearing very hot lingerie because Currie was the precursor of Madonna. There may be some who are shocked by all this.

First Showing:

The problem is that Sigismondi really didn’t put any care or concern into crafting a comprehensive story. Nor did she put any care or concern into directing. And despite her photography background, it didn’t even look that great either (except for the concert scenes). I’m not sure if I thought it looked so bad because it was just a rough cut being shown at this festival or because I saw Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine right before this (and that was the most beautifully shot film I’ve seen in years). The best way to describe Sigismondi and her directing comes from Thomas Townend on Twitter: “Floria Sigismondi = good ol’ fashioned music video director – with the structural sensibilities of a spider on LSD.” I couldn’t agree with Thomas more!

New York Post

The film has a certain energy, but it’s a bit of an odd duck for a rock movie because the band never made it big (though Jett later would; her success is glanced at in a coda) and imploded before much happened other than cult success in Japan. The enthusiastic audience seemed to receive it as a female-power movie. Well, since the band members go heavy on the drinking and drugging and fighting (just about the biggest fight is a catty one, a dispute about who gets to be photographed for which magazine), their value as role models is not unquestionable.

Fanning gets the juicy part in the movie — her character is the one with the arc, turning from an ordinary shy suburban sweetie with a yearning to wear makeup like David Bowie and hang around cool rocks clubs into a sullen ego-monster who dresses in bustiers, thigh-highs and garter belts — but Stewart gets to indulge in lots of bad behavior too.

An early review of The Runaways

The Runaways are premiering tonight at the Sundance Film Festival and according to an early review of Marc Malkin, the movie was great.

I loved The Runaways. It really does rock. The movie is the true-life story of the short-lived but legendary all-girl rock band, with Kristen Stewart starring as Joan Jett and Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie.

Stewart does what she does best: play the anguished outsider. But Fanning really nails it as the 15-year drug-abusing sex kitten Cherie. This is a Dakota you have never seen, getting so lost in the role that there are times she is almost unrecognizable. Full of sex (including Fanning and Stewart locking lips), drugs and rock n’ roll, The Runaways is not for the prudish….

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Kristen and Dakota attends Joan Jett Concert

Last night, Joan Jett thrilled and entertained the crowd at a local bar in Park City, Utah where a film , The Runaways, about her and her former band will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. During the performance, Joan called her former bandmember Cherie Currie as well as Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart to the stage to thank them amidst the resounding applause of the crowd.

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Kristen and Dakota take on Sundance

Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart were seen walking the streets of Utah as they attend the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The two young actresses were on hand to promote their new movie, The Runaways. They participated in photoshoots and interviews all day, ahead of the Sunday premiere of their movie.

They also have their Sundance Portrait taken, together with director Floria Sigismondi, at the Wire Images Portrait Studio at The Lift.

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