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Yasiin Bey will return to the silver screen in a forthcoming biopic about the jazz legend Thelonious Monk. Bey will play the title role in Thelonious, which is slated to start up production in the summer of 2022. Jupiter Rising Film co-founders Alberto Marzan and Peter Lord Moreland announced Wednesday that Bey has signed on to play the lead role. […]
Bernie Mac’s life story is getting the film treatment. According to the Hollywood Reporter, John Legend’s Get Lifted production company is developing a full-length feature about the late comedian. The project, which was reportedly green-lit by Mac’s estate, was announced during a Thursday panel discussion at the 2021 Tribeca Festival. “We just partnered with Bernie Mac’s estate to […]
Trevante Rhodes, star of Moonlight and Bird Box, will play Mike Tyson in Hulu’s biographical series based on the life of the legendary boxer, Deadline reports. Titled Iron Mike, the eight-part series will follow Tyson’s life in and out of the ring, from his controversies and tribulations to his victories. I, Tonya director and writer team Craig Gillespie and Steven Rogers are […]
The story of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, a mainstay in the American snackiverse and soon to be the subject of a major motion picture, has added a new wrinkle. As claimed in a Los Angeles Times piece over the weekend, Richard Montañez—who was previously said to have been working as a janitor at Frito-Lay’s Rancho Cucamonga […]
Ewan McGregor is standing by his casting as legendary designer Halston in an upcoming five-part Netflix series about the late icon’s life. McGregor said in a new cover story interview with the Hollywood Reporter that when taking on the role as the gay designer, he was concerned about the backlash that might come with it. McGregor, who […]
According to Deadline, Steven Spielberg will cast Seth Rogen in the role of his favorite uncle, which is a role described as “a major” one, in a film that Spielberg’s loosely basing upon his time growing up in Arizona. The film is yet to get a title, but Deadline adds that Rogen joins a cast which will have Michelle […]
Earlier this week, Dionne Warwick asked fans if they would be interested in watching a biopic series about her life and career, also making it known that she would like Teyana Taylor to play her in the potential show. “Now I really gotta know this: if I did a series, would you guys really watch? I […]
The life of the legendary DJ Screw will be hitting the silver screen. The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Sony is developing a biopic of the musician and producer based on the life of Robert Earl Davis, Jr.—better known as Houston’s DJ Screw. The movie will be a film adaptation of Isaac Yowman’s musical tribute to Screw, All Screwed Up. The movie […]
British actress Naomi Ackie has been recruited to play the legendary Whitney Houston in Sony’s forthcoming biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody. The Photograph director Stella Meghie is set to helm the project, with a screenplay penned by Bohemian Rhapsody writer Anthony McCarten. “We spent the better part of the last year in an exhaustive […]
Unfortunately, 2003 brought with it a feature-length monstrosity by the name of Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story. And even more unfortunately, the Rudy-related events of 2020 have resulted in a particularly insufferable moment from the James Woods-starring concoction resurfacing in all its Very Bad Acting horror. While it’s generous to refer to this moment in […]
