Lots of pieces of Joplin’s heart

Amy Adams’s representatives have announced that the star is to play Janis Joplin in an upcoming biopic directed by Fernando Meirelles.

Really? Last we checked, the

City of God

director was dusting off his megaphone in preparation for

360

, a new take on Arthur Schnitzler’s

La Ronde

. Further complications will surely result from the fact that not one, but two other Joplin pictures are in development. Peter Newman, producer of

The Squid and the Whale

, has cleared all the rights in preparation for a version entitled

The Gospel According to Janis

.

Meanwhile, Lakeshore Entertainment are still trying to get a Joplin picture going entitled (of course) Piece of My Heart. We feel compelled to to ask: how much Janis can you take