Reuters — VENICE (Reuters) - Film maker Amy Berg says she felt that the late blues-and-rock singer Janis Joplin "guided" her in making the documentary "Janis", which contains footage never seen before of the troubled teen from Texas who rose to world fame. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Pretty cool: It was revealed today that musician/singer/songwriter/actor Chan Marshall (also known as Cat Power) will be the voice narrating the upcoming Janis Joplin documentary "Janis" from Academy Award®-nominated director Amy Berg ("Deliver Us F... more info

Stereogum — Janis, Amy Berg’s eponymous documentary about Janis Joplin, is slated for world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in early September. In advance of its screening, it has now be revealed that the documentary will feature narration from Chan Marsh... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — When Janis Joplin sang "take it, take another little piece of my heart now, baby," it was just a metaphor. more info

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E! Online — Have you ever imagined what it would sound like if the Rolling Stones covered a Taylor Swift song?  OMG, us too! But you don't have to imagine anymore, Swifties,... more info

The Independent — One of the writers of an embattled Janis Joplin biopic has hit back against a legal claim from producers who are alleging a breach of their options agreement. more info

TMZ — The man who created the band that shot Janis Joplin to superstardom has died. Sam Andrew founded the group, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and recruited Janis in 1966. In 1968 the group had the monster hit, "Piece of My Heart."  Sam… more info

Mercury News, California — Ron Terry, a music-producer-turned-screenwriter who knew blues-rock singer Janis Joplin and her band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, says Amy Adams is onboard to play Joplin and 'Wild' filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée will direct. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Hollywood has been trying, fruitlessly, to make a movie about Janis Joplin almost since she let loose that rendition of “Ball and Chain” at Monterey nearly a half-century ago. But Ron Terry, a music-producer-turned-screenwriter who knew and worke... more info