Biopic

Tessa Thompson to play notorious real-life jewel thief Doris Payne

Posted 8 years ago

In just a few short years, Tessa Thompson has taken part in some truly memorable projects, including CREED, THOR: RAGNAROK, ANNIHILATION, and Westworld, but her next film will see her taking on the leading role of Doris Payne, a jewel...

A Marlon Brando memoir has been optioned for a biopic treatment

Posted 8 years ago

"Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. Quitting acting, that's the sign of maturity."  – Marlon Brando BLACK SWAN and HACKSAW RIDGE producer Brian Oliver has optioned George Englund's memoir, The Way It's Never Been Done Before,...

Coreys Feldman & Haim biopic debuts official release date and trailer

Posted 8 years ago

It's damn near impossible to talk about films of the '80s without Coreys Feldman and Haim entering into the conversation. The two brothers from different mothers lived like rockstars in their prime, though many did not know of the horrors they'd...

James Franco to star and direct Shel Silverstein biopic

Posted 8 years ago

Shel Silverstein's book of children's poems, WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS, was a mainstay in all the elementary schools I went to. So, because of that, I have many fond memories of reading through the poems and looking at the crude...

Cast and crew talk about The Man Who Invented Christmas in new featurette

Posted 8 years ago

Well the holidays are almost upon us…or have been since the end of Halloween…DAMN THOSE CHRISTMAS TUNES! But, besides the unfortunate cultural obligation to get people things or seeing family members you’d rather punch in the face, many of the...

Jared Leto to play Hugh Hefner in biopic from Brett Ratner

Posted 9 years ago

Jared Leto will be seen this weekend in the sci-fi flick BLADE RUNNER 2049, but for his newest role, he will have to jump into the past – and into a comfy smoking jacket – to play the one and...

New clip from Liam Neeson’s Mark Felt biopic seems awfully prescient

Posted 9 years ago

MARK FELT: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE is a pretty explanatory name, as it's about Mark Felt (Liam Neeson)…taking down the Nixon White House amid the Watergate scandal. It's actually kind of like a porn title, in...

Kevin Spacey’s Gore Vidal biopic adds Michael Stuhlbarg and more to the cast

Posted 9 years ago

Not going to lie, but I'm a bit disappointed that GORE refers to an upcoming Netflix biopic about prolific writer Gore Vidal played by Kevin Spacey, and not an awesome/trashy horror film about a serial killer Vice President. However, Vidal...

Christian Bale has eaten “lots of pies” in prep for Dick Cheney movie

Posted 9 years ago

Christian Bale has pushed his body to the limit in order to play a wide variety of characters, from losing weight for movies like THE MACHINIST, bulking up for BATMAN, and packing on the pounds for AMERICAN HUSTLE. People seem...

Sam Rockwell to star as George W. Bush in Dick Cheney biopic

Posted 9 years ago

Adam McKay has found his George W. Bush in MOON, SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS, and IRON MAN 2 actor Sam Rockwell, for his biopic surrounding former vice-president Dick Cheney. For the moment, Rockwell is in final negotiations to join a cast that already...

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