Biopic

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...

Jared Leto cast as Andy Warhol in the cleverly-titled biopic Warhol

Posted 10 years ago

After unsuccessfully playing a real person in CHAPTER 27 (where he famously got gout trying to go "method" by gaining weight to play Mark David Chapman), Jared Leto is going to give the biopic game another go. And it seems Leto's going to...

First look at Woody Harrelson in Rob Reiner’s LBJ biopic

Posted 10 years ago

I have a soft spot for Rob Reiner. I love SPINAL TAP with all of my being (probably helps having been in a metal band myself), as well as PRINCESS BRIDE, STAND BY ME, and countless others. Hell, even NORTH...

Chris Cooper stars as J.D. Salinger in Coming Through the Rye

Posted 10 years ago

People have been trying to adapt J.D. Salinger's CATCHER IN THE RYE for decades. It's understandable, as it's a novel that perfectly encapsulates what it feels like to be a teenager — trying to feel like an adult while still struggling...

Helen Mirren and Jason Clarke to co-star in horror-thriller Winchester

Posted 10 years ago

The story of the Winchester Mansion is a fascinating one, and one that could be the basis of a pretty good movie. The idea that the heiress of a fortune built on the Winchester rifle would go insane with guilt...

Wrestling biopic Crossface coming from director Lexi Alexander

Posted 10 years ago

I don't know much about wrestling. I mean, I respect it (while fake, it still takes athleticism to pull off), but it's just not my thing. I did enjoy the WWE Smackdown games though, but only because you could create...

Gary Oldman to play Winston Churchill in new Joe Wright film Darkest Hour

Posted 10 years ago

Wow! Gary Oldman will be playing none other than Winston Churchill in the new film DARKEST HOUR from director Joe Wright (PAN). This won't be the first time Gary Oldman has been cast cast as an historical figure (having played Lee Harvey Oslward...

It’s Cage vs. Shark in new trailer for USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

Posted 10 years ago

You know, of all the Nicolas Cage disasters that have been coming out the last few years (looking at you STOLEN and PAY THE GHOST), this seems like it would be one of his least disastrous. The plot of his new movie USS...

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