Shailene Woodley to Star in Janis Joplin Biopic Funded by California Tax Credit

Shailene Woodley is set to star in a biopic of Janis Joplin, which will get $2.5 million in financing from the California Film Commission.

Various endeavors have been made over the course of the years to catch the hero's life on film, however none have worked out as expected. Woodley is acting and creating the film, which will shoot north of 30 days and spend about $10 million in "qualified uses."

"California implied such a great amount to Janis Joplin — from the stoops of San Francisco to the wooden walls of Nightfall Sound, the state turned into the stage whereupon she investigated the universe of music, yet the universe of her energetic mankind," Woodley said in a delivery on Tuesday.

The commission additionally reported that it has granted $12 million to get "Suits L.A." to film in L.A. NBC's "Suits" side project series shot its pilot in Vancouver, home of one of the world's most liberal film charge impetuses.

California tricked the show to L.A. with tax breaks from its $150 million program equipped at boosting the development of more soundstages. The show is projected to create 175 group occupations north of 96 days of recording.

Another NBC show, "Quantum Jump," is the main other show to get financing such a long ways from the soundstage program, which passed into regulation in 2021. That show, which was dropped after two seasons, got $24 million, as per the commission. Of the first $150 million portion, $114 million remaining parts.

"Suits," the first series, ran for a really long time on USA Organization yet partook in a flood in prominence when it showed up on Netflix and Peacock in 2023. The first was shot in Toronto, multiplying for New York.

Creative BC's data show that more than 100 television shows were filmed in Vancouver last year. Canadian and global makers were granted about $450 million in tax breaks for recording in English Columbia last year.

The California Film Commission has saved $39.6 million for 18 movies in the most recent round of portions, including $3.3 million for "Local area — The Film," the hotly anticipated film variant of the Network program, which is scheduled for Peacock.

Likewise on the rundown is $2.5 million for "Killing Rubberneck," an autonomous film from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's organization about the fight in court between Mass Hogan and the previous site.

The Disney feature film "Lullaby" will receive $3.5 million.

 Here is the full list:

Soundstage
“Suits,” Universal Content Productions, $12 million

Studio Films:
“Community – The Movie,” Sony Pictures Television, $3.3 million
“Lullaby,” Disney, $3.5 million
“Untitled Screen Gems Project,” Screen Gems, $6.4 million

Independent Films:
“A Bright and Guilty Place,” $1.3 million
“Disco’s Out… Murder’s In!,” $1.9 million
“Experiencers,” $1.2 million
“Friends & Lovers,” $694,000
“In Memoriam,” $1.1 million
“Janis Joplin,” $2.5 million
“Killing Gawker,” $2.5 million
“Mango,” $710,000
“MMX Period Drama,” $2.5 million
“Spoiler!” $2.5 million
“Streetwise,” $1.2 million
“Supercrip,” $1.5 million
“TBTN,” $2.5 million
“The Black Belt,” $1.8 million
“The New Man,” $2.5 million