Biopic

First Look: Ben Foster as Lance Armstrong in biopic from director Stephen Frears

Posted 13 years ago

Here’s your second biopic entry for the day. This time we are turning the focus to “disgraced cyclist” Lance Armstrong. “Disgraced cyclist” is a little cliche but I keep thinking to all the tabloid headlines when Armstrong admitted to doping....

Dominic Cooper is the latest favorite to play Freddie Mercury

Posted 13 years ago

Sacha Baron Cohen was originally going to play Freddie Mercury in a biopic before exiting the project in July due to "creative differences," then Daniel Radcliffe was rumored for the lead, but that turned out to be completely untrue. Now...

Daniel Radcliffe says he isn’t playing Freddie Mercury and is “completely wrong for the part”

Posted 13 years ago

On Monday a rumor started circulating that Daniel Radcliffe might be playing Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in an upcoming biopic, a part Sacha Baron Cohen was set to play for a long time before exiting the project in July. Even...

Rumor: Daniel Radcliffe is the new frontrunner to play Freddie Mercury

Posted 13 years ago

After Sacha Baron Cohen stepped down from the Freddie Mercury biopic, the search was on for a suitable replacement. While Cohen didn’t physically match Mercury, he is a chameleon and an adept singer, so it wasn’t a stretch to see...

Clint Eastwood set to replace Steven Spielberg on American Sniper starring Bradley Cooper

Posted 13 years ago

Most of you were bummed when it was announced that Steven Spielberg was no longer going to direct AMERICAN SNIPER with Bradley Cooper but according to Twitch, Warner Bros. has found one hell of a replacement: Clint Eastwood. Twitch says...

Josh Gad to play controversial comedian Sam Kinison for director Larry Charles

Posted 13 years ago

There are few memorable sounds as recognizeable as the ear-splitting scream of comedian Sam Kinison. Once you've heard it, you'll instantly recognize his voice no matter where you hear it, be it in old stand up or his many appearances...

Ben Foster to play Lance Armstrong in Stephen Frears’ biopic

Posted 13 years ago

Stephen Frears and Working Title now look to be the closest to getting a movie version of Lance Armstrong’s rise and fall from grace to the big screen with the casting of Ben Foster as the famed cyclist. Despite Jay...

Sacha Baron Cohen has dropped out of the Freddie Mercury biopic due to “creative differences”

Posted 13 years ago

Well, it looks like the long-in-development Freddie Mercury biopic is going to stay long in development. Deadline is reporting that actor Sacha Baron Cohen, who has been attached to play the late singer for quite a while, has hit a...

Bane, Mad Max, now Elton John? Tom Hardy may play the singer in the biopic Rocketman

Posted 13 years ago

Talk about range! Tom Hardy has had quite a varied range of roles over his career. He has played romantic leads, a Romulan, Bane in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, Mad Max, and now potentially singer Elton John. The singer has...

Joe Johnston will direct John Travolta in the mobster biopic Gotti

Posted 13 years ago

John Travolta has been trying to get a film based on mobster John Gotti, Sr. off the ground for years but it looks like GOTTI will finally see the light of day. THR has learned that Joe Johnston (CAPTAIN AMERICA:...

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