Biopic

Forest Whitaker to produce the long in development Richard Pryor biopic

Posted 13 years ago

The long in development biopic of the legendary comedian Richard Pryor has switched producers yet again. The most recent news regarding the film was that director Bill Condon was going to helm the film with Marlon Wayans in the lead...

Another Bruce Lee biopic is coming from the writers of Nixon and Ali

Posted 13 years ago

Bruce Lee will forever be one of the most iconic presences in film. Not just because of his unique martial arts abilities but because of the rise from poverty all the way to Hollywood success and ultimate tragic death. His...

The BBC to make their own Liz Taylor movie starring Helena Bonham Carter

Posted 13 years ago

Take that, Lindsay Lohan! After Lifetime’s terrible biopic, LIZ AND DICK, it didn’t seem likely we would get a properly made movie about the Hollywood legend of Elizabeth Taylor. But, leave it to the BBC to put together a project...

Two new images from Steven Soderbergh’s final film, Behind the Candelabra, featuring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon

Posted 13 years ago

Steven Soderbergh is the director who cried wolf. He has been making the announcement that he is retiring from directing for years. He is proclaiming the end is at hand yet again and that his HBO movie BEHIND THE CANDELABRA...

Paul Greengrass’ delayed Martin Luther King Jr biopic Memphis may be his next project

Posted 13 years ago

The long delayed Martin Luther King Jr biopic from Paul Greengrass looks like it is back in development and may be the director’s next project. Greengrass has not directed a film since GREEN ZONE in 2010. He was going to...

What do you think about this unorthodox story structure Aaron Sorkin has planned for his Steve Jobs biopic?

Posted 14 years ago

While still without a director or a cast, Aaron Sorkin’s collaboration with Sony to tell the story of Steve Jobs is slowly but surely finding its way in the world.  And considering the information revealed by Sorkin in a recent...

Benedict Cumberbatch to star in biopic of The Beatles…manager

Posted 14 years ago

You read that headline correctly. Benedict Cumberbatch will be starring in a biopic that follows the life of the manager of The Beatles, Brian Epstein. The film will be directed by SHERLOCK directed Paul McGuigan and produced by Tom Hanks...

Tate Taylor to direct the James Brown biopic with producers Brian Grazer and Mick Jagger

Posted 14 years ago

Brian Grazer has been trying to get a James Brown biopic made since 2006. Back then, Brown himself was working on bringing the movie to life. Brown died that same year and the movie has been floundering in development since....

Freddie Mercury biopic moving forward; Sacha Baron Cohen still playing the famed rocker

Posted 14 years ago

The long-gestating Freddie Mercury biopic has picked up some steam recently, with Queen guitarist Brian May posting an update on his website, saying that the film is, indeed, moving forward.  May discussed a meeting with fellow bandmates where they hashed...

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