biopic Archives

Ang Lee, who's largely stepped away from filmmaking the last decade except for 2019's Gemini Man along with 2016's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and the short Empty Diary, is coming back in a big way tackling the life of actor and martial arts legend Bruce Lee in a new biopic His son, Mason Lee[...]

The untitled series will be penned by Anthony McCarten, the four-time Oscar nominee writer who's also behind the 2018 Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (with co-writer Peter Morgan) that focused on frontman Freddie Mercury played by Rami Malek, according to The Hollywood Reporter McCarten's covered a wide range of subjects in his biopics including Winston Churchill[...]

Scott Weiland, one of the most recognizable voices in grunge, will be getting a biopic According to The Hollywood Reporter, the former lead singer for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, who died in 2015 at the age of 48, will have his story adapted for the big screen called Paper Heart The film comes[...]

Seems like the gloves are on with the casting news of Trevante Rhodes with play the multiple-time boxing champion Mike Tyson in the upcoming Hulu biopic series Iron Mike, according to Deadline Hollywood The actor will take on one of the most controversial figures in sports history with his 50-6 record in boxing continuing to[...]

Biopics/biographical dramas are works of fiction and Clint Eastwood's Richard Jewell is no exception The controversy surrounding the film involves Kathy Scruggs, the late reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution who covered Jewell during the 1996 Atlanta Olympic bombing. Warner Bros The film depicted Scruggs (Olivia Wilde) as a person willing to do anything to exchange sex for[...]

Fresh from the final season of Game of Thrones and what many could argue as equally as lackluster final Fox X-Men film in Dark Phoneix, Sophie Turner could land a signature role playing one of Britain's most revered 80s musicians in Culture Club frontman, Boy George. Like Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody and[...]

We still can't get over how amazing Renee Zellweger looks as Judy Garland in the upcoming biopic about the actress Following the final year of Garland's life, Judy looks to be another lushly produced film about a larger than life personality. Renee Zellweger as Judy GarlandPhoto courtesy of Roadside Attractions "It was such a joy learning about[...]

The box office success of Bohemian Rhapsody could pave way for other musician biopics to strike while the coals are hot. Here are three artists Hollywood should consider for their next biopic film- Janis Joplin As of the current writing, there is a Janis Joplin biopic in development set to star Michelle Williams, who's no stranger to playing[...]

However, LBJ, the new biopic starring Woody Harrelson, is an intriguing perspective into the years leading up to JFK's assassination. The film is told mostly as a frame story, slowly moving through the events in Dallas on the morning of November 22nd, 1963 President Kennedy, the First Lady, LBJ, and the rest of the presidential party[...]