Biopic

Music video director Benny Boom in talks to helm Tupac Shakur biopic

Posted 11 years ago

A few months ago Carl Franklin was tapped to helm Morgan Creek's long-gestating Tupac Shakur biopic, but apparently he's no longer involved with the planned film, as THR is reporting that Benny Boom is now in talks to direct. Although...

Universal courting Ryan Gosling for Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong biopic

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Damien Chazelle and Ryan Gosling's first collaboration will be witnessed in the upcoming LA LA LAND, a modern take on the Hollywood musical which stars Ryan Gosling as a jazz pianist and Emma Stone as the aspiring actress he falls...

Martin Scorsese could reunite with William Monahan for Evel Knievel biopic

Posted 11 years ago

There have been several attempts at getting a film centering around famed daredevil Evel Knievel off the ground and, per Deadline, it looks as though we've got another to add to the list. The outlet reports that Paramount Pictures is...

Noomi Rapace in talks for lead in Amy Winehouse biopic

Posted 11 years ago

Screen Daily has learned that Noomi Rapace is in talks to star as Amy Winehouse in a movie about the late British soul singer. AUGUST RUSH director Kirsten Sheridan will helm the biopic (working title AMY WINEHOUSE) and Sheridan also...

Director Michael Winterbottom exits Will Ferrell comedy biopic Russ & Roger

Posted 11 years ago

According to The Wrap, Michael Winterbottom has dropped out of directing RUSS & ROGER, STX Entertainment's planned buddy comedy biopic starring Will Ferrell as filmmaker Russ Meyer and Josh Gad as movie critic Roger Ebert, due to creative differences. But...

Chloe Sevigny set to star in Lizzie Borden movie; Kristen Stewart in talks

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There have been multiple big and small screen takes on the story about the infamous axe murders of the Borden family, with the most recent ones being the 2014 Lifetime TV movie starring Christina Ricci as Lizzie Borden and its...

Noomi Rapace in talks to join Christian Bale in Michael Mann’s Ferrari movie

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THR has learned that Noomi Rapace (PROMETHEUS, THE DROP) is in negotiations to star alongside Christian Bale in Michael Mann's Enzo Ferrari biopic. Bale was cast as the Ferrari and Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team founder a couple...

Josh Gad to co-write Gorgeous George biopic for WWE Studios

Posted 11 years ago

WWE Studios and Robert Halmi Jr.’s Great Point Media are moving forward with a biopic about Golden Age professional wrestler Gorgeous George (real name George Raymond Wagner), and it's been announced that they've tapped Josh Gad and his writing partner...

Darren Aronofsky in talks to direct Channing Tatum’s Evel Knievel biopic

Posted 11 years ago

Darren Aronofsky has been considering a couple of different projects for his NOAH follow-up, and his next film just might be a biopic about Robert "Evel" Knievel starring Channing Tatum as the famed daredevil. The Tracking Board was the first...

Entourage’s Kevin Connolly to direct John Travolta’s John Gotti biopic

Posted 11 years ago

Deadline has learned that Kevin Connolly has been tapped to direct the long-in-development John Gotti biopic. John Travolta is still set to star as the infamous mobster, and the film is looking to start production in January. Although best known...

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