Biopic

Scott Weiland biopic will chronicle life of Stone Temple Pilots singer

Posted 5 years ago

Before you go leavin' on a Southern train, you might want to stick around for this next bit of news. Dark Pictures is currently developing Paper Heart, a biopic based on the life and times of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet...

Unfrosted: Jerry Seinfeld to write and direct Pop Tart biopic

Posted 5 years ago

What's the deal with Pop Tarts? They don't pop, and they aren't tart. (Cue musical interlude) After distancing himself from sitcoms, Jerry Seinfeld will star in, direct, and produce Unfrosted, a film comedy he co-wrote with Spike Feresten and Barry Marder that...

Jessica Chastain looks nearly unrecognizable as Tammy Faye Bakker

Posted 5 years ago

When most of us think of Tammy Faye Bakker, we think of of her involvement with The PTL Club, a televangelist program she co-founded with her then husband Jim Bakker which grew into a multi-million dollar empire before it collapsed...

Iron Mike: Trevante Rhodes to star as Mike Tyson in Hulu biopic series

Posted 5 years ago

Hulu's Mike Tyson biopic TV series has cast Trevante Rhodes (Moonlight, The Predator, 12 Strong) as its very own Kid Dynamite. Rhodes is set to step into the ring as the controversial heavyweight champion boxer in the eight-part series Iron...

Cher announces incoming biopic about her life on her 75th birthday

Posted 5 years ago

Cher celebrated her 75th birthday with some big news for her legion of fans. The singer and actress took to her Twitter page to announce that a biopic about her life is in the works at Universal Pictures. There is...

Muppet Man: Jim Henson biopic currently in development for Disney

Posted 5 years ago

Disney and The Jim Henson company have set The Current War and The Giver scribe Michael Mitnick as the writer of Muppet Man, a biopic revolving around the life and talent of the legendary puppeteer Jim Henson. The project, which is currently in development, will...

Kiss biopic Shout It Out Loud nearing a deal at Netflix

Posted 5 years ago

Over the past few years, we've seen musical biopic such as Straight Outta Compton, Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocket Man, and more turn into big successes, and it seems that legendary rock band Kiss might receive a similar treatment. Deadline has reported...

Joey Ramone biopic adds Pete Davidson to star as legendary singer

Posted 5 years ago

Hey ho, let's go! SNL alum Pete Davidson is set to star in I Slept with Joey Ramone, a biopic revolving around the life and times of the Ramones frontman from Netflix and STX Films. The project finds Davidson reteaming...

Steven Spielberg selects Paul Dano to play role inspired by his father

Posted 5 years ago

In the immortal words of Detective John Kimble: Who is your daddy and what does he do? In the case of Steven Spielberg's passion project inspired by his own childhood, the answer is Paul Dano. Hot off portraying a new...

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