Biopic

HBO casts Tyler Perry as black film pioneer Oscar Micheaux

Posted 9 years ago

Apparently HBO is developing a biopic about Oscar Micheaux, considered to be one of the earliest black film directors. Not only that, but they have also cast Tyler Perry in the lead role. The film will be based on the 2007 biography OSCAR MICHEAUX:...

Biopic about Elvis Presley’s manager The Colonel in development

Posted 9 years ago

Unfortunately, the music industry is full of terrible deals which take advantage of talent, and even a superstar like Elvis Presley wasn't immune. Before Presley's stardom exploded with the release of "Heartbreak Hotel" in 1956, he signed a contract with...

Peter Dinklage stars as Herve Villechaize in HBO’s My Dinner With Herve

Posted 9 years ago

So a new biopic about FANTASY ISLAND's Herve Villechaize called MY DINNER WITH HERVE – starring GAME OF THRONES Peter Dinklage – is on its way to HBO. And, luckily, it won't be your standard "cradle-to-the-grave" biopic, and instead will...

Black Panther’s Chadwick Boseman stars in Thurgood Marshall biopic

Posted 9 years ago

From Jackie Robinson, to James Brown, to now Thurgood Marshall, BLACK PANTHER's Chadwick Boseman loves playing in biopics. Which is fine by me, because Boseman has gravitas and charisma to spare. And, however the films themselves came out, he was...

O’Shea Jackson Jr. to take the mound as baseball legend Dock Ellis

Posted 9 years ago

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON opened a lot of doors for actors Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell and O'Shea Jackson Jr. Though the former two have been the busiest with projects like DETROIT (Mitchell), 24: LEGACY (Hawkins) and KONG: SKULL ISLAND (both), Jackson...

Liam Neeson stars as Mark Felt in non-porno “Deep Throat” biopic Silent Man

Posted 9 years ago

Whatever your political affiliations, you've definitely seen the words "Watergate" pop up in your news feeds recently. And that's because Watergate was the first true scandal of that scale to be perpetrated by a sitting President in the modern era, and...

New Errol Flynn biopic In Like Flynn will *not* focus on his acting career

Posted 9 years ago

There’s an old saying, “in like Flynn” that became associated later with Golden Age actor Errol Flynn that meant “having quickly or easily achieved a goal or gained access as desired”, which made sense because he was known for getting...

Jeremy Renner will be your huckleberry in new western about Doc Holliday

Posted 9 years ago

Best known for his involvement in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, John Henry "Doc" Holliday has grown into a larger-than-life figure over the years as he's been portrayed by many great actors, including Walter Huston, Kirk Douglas, Val Kilmer,...

First look at Helen Mirren in true horror story Winchester

Posted 9 years ago

So there’s a new “based on true events” horror movie coming out soon, this one about the supposedly haunted Winchester manor. It’s called – fittingly – WINCHESTER and stars Helen Mirren as Sarah Winchester, the proprietor of said mansion (and...

WWE’s Vince McMahon getting his own biopic with film Pandemonium

Posted 9 years ago

Now, I never grew up with wrestling, so I was never really a fan of it. Though I did glean some of the mythology through the SMACKDOWN games, since I loved creating my own characters (like Mario and The Master...

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