The movie was to be an adaptation of Sheila Weller's book Girls Like Us. The three singers were to have been portrayed by Jessica Pare (Mad Men) as Simon, Alison Pill (The Newsroom) as King, and the new queen of New York, Taylor Swift, as Mitchell.

That last one was a step too far. In an interview with The Sunday Times, Mitchell describes why she chose to put the kibosh on the project. "I squelched that!" Mitchell said.