Biopic

WWII drama The Zookeeper’s Wife starring Jessica Chastain releases trailer

Posted 9 years ago

Ever since I saw Jessica Chastain's amazing performance in ZERO DARK THIRTY, I've always kept an eye for any project she'd show up in. While not all of her films have necessarily hit it out of the park, she always...

Forest Whitaker to join Johnny Depp in Brad Furman’s LAbyrinth

Posted 9 years ago

An appearance by Forest Whitaker is always something to enjoy, and the actor has several high-profile projects on the horizon including ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY and BLACK PANTHER. Whitaker has added yet another project to his upcoming slate...

J.R.R. Tolkien to get the biopic treatment in film titled Middle Earth

Posted 10 years ago

The impact LORD OF THE RINGS has had on pop culture can't be understated. Even before the wildly successful Peter Jackson films, there was the hippie movement in the '60s adopting the phrase "Frodo Lives!", the world of Middle Earth influencing...

Rami Malek to play Freddie Mercury; Bryan Singer in talks to direct

Posted 10 years ago

There have been countless people attached to a project chronicling Freddie Mercury's involvement with British rock band Queen over the years and finally, barring any unforeseen circumstances, those who have been anxiously awaiting the long-in-development flick may actually get to...

Bryan Cranston to play himself in James Franco’s The Masterpiece

Posted 10 years ago

My love of bad movies has been well documented. And one of the all-time greats is Tommy Wiseau's bizarre masterpiece THE ROOM. Its misplaced passion and lack of coherent scripting makes it both fascinating and fun to watch. It is certainly a...

Warren Beatty’s Howard Hughes film Rules Don’t Apply releases new trailer

Posted 10 years ago

Howard Hughes is an intriguing figure. Not only did he get the lavish, big-budget biopic treatment from none other than Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio in THE AVIATOR (also co-starring Alec Baldwin in a supporting role), but even Christopher Nolan himself wanted...

Jennifer Lawrence to play Zelda Fitzgerald in Ron Howard biopic

Posted 10 years ago

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Batman, Adolf Hitler and Scooby-Doo. These are all characters and historical figures that Jennifer Lawrence would be perfect to play. Why? Because she can do anything. She can literally play anything between a cartoon dog and a...

Tom Hardy takes on biopic about Arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton

Posted 10 years ago

The story of Ernest Shackleton is begging to be a movie. He was a tough explorer who made three expeditions to the Antarctic, which would honestly be badass enough. However, he's most famously known for his trip with the ship the...

Michelle Williams in talks to play Janis Joplin

Posted 10 years ago

Over the decades there have been many attempts at getting a biopic centering around American musician Janis Joplin off the ground, often with competing projects in development at once, but it seems as though one of them is finally moving...

Nicholas Hoult charges in to play Nikola Tesla in The Current War

Posted 10 years ago

  I've always been fascinated by Nikola Tesla. He seems like he was the world's first real mad scientist, with the Tesla Coil looking like some sort of Doomsday Weapon (and he actually did theorize on things like particle beam...

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