Louisiana-based production company Back Porch Movies is teaming up with Viewpark to develop and finance "In a Good Place Now," a feature film based on the late swamp-pop legend.
It’s taken producer Peter Newman over a decade to bring the sad final months of Janis Joplin‘s life to the big screen, but now it seems he’ll get his chance. Deadline announced today that ‘Joplin,’ a film focused on the singer’s last six months, will begin filming early next year and star Tony Award winning actress Nina Arianda.