Biopic

The Rock is making a wrestling comedy with Stephen Merchant

Posted 9 years ago

So…is this the first time that The Rock is doing a film that's wrestling-related at all? *checks imdb*. Huh. Seeing as it feels like a million years ago since he was the "People's Champion" on WWE, it does seem kinda...

FX’s show Feud releases two new clips

Posted 9 years ago

Anyone versed in Hollywood lore is aware of the epic, bitter rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, two starlets who hated each other's guts. Well, that feud is going to be immortalized in the new FX series fittingly titled FEUD,...

Albert Einstein series Genius starring Geoffrey Rush releases new trailer

Posted 9 years ago

For such an enigmatic figure as Albert Einstein, it is peculiar that we haven't really had a straight up epic biopic about him (unless you count YOUNG EINSTEIN, which I do). So, while not a film, National Geographic is going to...

Tupac biopic All Eyez on Me gets release date

Posted 9 years ago

Tupac Shakur was a prolific, controversial, and, to many, an inspirational musician. He helped change the face of rap music during his too-short career, and during that time lived an eventful and, quite frankly, movie-ready life. So it's not a...

Sammy Davis, Jr. biopic on the way

Posted 9 years ago

It's apparently taken a lot of time to finally untangle all the legal hullabaloo, but we're finally going to get a Sammy Davis, Jr. biopic off the ground, as all parties involved have come to an agreement on how to tell...

Martin Scorsese has pulled the plug on his Frank Sinatra biopic

Posted 9 years ago

Those of you who were eagerly awaiting Martin Scorsese's take on Ol' Blue Eyes will likely be disappointed to discover that Scorsese has shelved the project. It's been close to a decade since he first signed on direct a biopic...

Jonah Hill joins cast of Gus Van Sant’s Don’t Worry, He Won’t Go Far on Foot

Posted 9 years ago

As we reported a couple weeks ago, Joaquin Phoenix is set to play iconoclast cartoonist John Callahan for Gus Van Sant based on Callahan's autobiography DON'T WORRY, HE WON'T GO FAR ON FOOT, where he describes: [After becoming] paralyzed in...

Sebastian Stan to play Jeff Gilroy in I, Tonya opposite Margot Robbie

Posted 9 years ago

The whole thing with figure skater Tonya Harding getting someone to attack rival Nancy Kerrigan at the 1994 Winter Olympics is sad and tragic, but that hasn't stopped Hollywood from making an edgy dark comedy out of the event. And, honestly,...

Joaquin Phoenix to play cartoonist John Callahan for Gus Van Sant

Posted 9 years ago

It seems Joaquin Phoenix is set to play quadriplegic iconoclast cartoonist John Callahan for director Gus Van Sant, reuniting after having worked together over ten years ago on the 1995 black comedy TO DIE FOR. The film, which has been in development...

Adam McKay will set his sights on Dick Cheney in new biopic

Posted 9 years ago

Though this last election brought out a real conglomerate of whacky and downright insane political figures, we forget that these kinds of inexplicable folks have been around forever. One of those figures is the infamous Dick Cheney, a man who...

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