Once-troubled star Lindsay Lohan is making positive Hollywood news again. The young actress will be starring opposite Jared Leto in Chapter 27, which opens this week, and has recently snagged the role of leading lady in Manson’s Girls.

Lohan will play Nancy Pittman in the film, a girlfriend of cult leader Charles Manson. Pittman remained a steadfast supporter of Manson throughout the multiple killings and Manson’s arrest. The movie will be told from Pittman’s point of view. Though the film has yet to begin shooting, there is already talk that the role could propel Lohan into an Oscar race - speculation which I think is a little strong at best.

In the meantime, Lohan fans can watch her in “Chapter 27.” In this film, Lindsay plays a young woman who meets and subsequently befriends Mark David Chapman, a man who once made headlines back in 1980 and 1981. The tense flick details the exploits of Chapman before the fateful night in New York City when John Lennon was gunned down. Most the movie talk centers around an electric Leto performance (and his drastically changed appearance), but Lohan’s performance also seems promising in the trailers.