This story has been kicking around for about two years now, but today's Variety report from Cannes finally confirms that Elijah Wood will indeed play Iggy Pop in The Passenger, a biopic about his early years with The Stooges. The film, directed by Nick Gomez (Drowning Mona), will be shot over the next six months for a summer 2008 release. Pop has "given his blessing" to the project but will not participate.