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Sam Cooke Biopic Announced
Sam Cooke's recording label (ABKCO Music & Records) is developing a script for a biopic of the singer's life based on the 2005 Peter Guralnick biography, Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsMore Details Announced for Jeff Buckley Film
The producers of Mystery White Boy, the Jeff Buckley biopic that was announced in 2006 and has been progressing slowly since, have named Jared Leto, James Franco, James Marsden and Robert Pattinson as contenders for the lead, according to Australian newspaper, Courier-Mail.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSteven Spielberg Set to Produce MLK Biopic
Steven Spielberg will make good on his longtime plan to put together a movie about Martin Luther King Jr. at DreamWorks, though he will do it as a producer rather than a director.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsJamie Foxx to Play Frank Sinatra?
When we found out last week that Martin Scorsese had officially signed on to make the long-rumored Frank Sinatra biopic, the first question you were probably asking yourself was, "Who is going to play Ol' Blue Eyes?" And as we're hearing today, one of the top candidates for the role has brown eyes and is quite unexpected.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsMartin Scorsese Finally Confirmed for Sinatra Biopic
It's hard to understand when Martin Scorsese finds time to sleep. Currently, the director has more than three projects on his queue waiting for him to bring them to life. One project that has been sitting in the back burner for a while is the Frank Sinatra biopic, but things are about to change. Scorsese has officially signed on to the film simply named Sinatra.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsN.W.A. biopic, Straight Outta Compton, on the way
Do you remember a young, bright-eyed Ice Cube with a pout on his lips—years away from starring in cheesy family comedies—rapping the words, "Fuck the police?" Doesn't a part of you kind of want that Ice Cube back? It seems we may get to revisit nostalgic memories of the pioneers of gangsta rap, N.W.A., in a new biopic Straight Outta Compton.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsMore details emerge on John Lennon biopic, Nowhere Boy
A few more details have been firmed up about Nowhere Boy, the John Lennon biopic that is in the works. According to Variety, The Weinstein Co. has acquired U.S., Latin American and German rights to the film, which was penned by Matt Greenhalgh, the writer behind Joy Division biopic Control. Visual artist Sam Taylor-Wood will be directing.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsDakota Fanning joins Runaways biopic with Kristen Stewart
Dakota Fanning will join Kristen Stewart (Twilight) in The Runaways, the fledgling biopic of the all-girl rock band that rose to fame and shuttered in the second half of the '70s.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsMarc Forster rumored to be director on Kurt Cobain biopic
There would seem to be few tasks more thankless than making a biopic of Kurt Cobain. Gus Van Sant turned enough protective heads with Last Days (pictured), and that was only about someone whose final hours very much resembled Cobain’s.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSpike Lee's James Brown biopic to feature original music
Spike Lee, the vocal and, at times, contentious, director of an upcoming James Brown biopic, recently told MTV News that he intends to use Brown's original voice in the film instead of leading man Wesley Snipes'.... read more
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