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Nelly will be playing Rock n’ Roll legend Chuck Berry in the Buddy Holly biopic Clear Lake, Variety reports. Diane Guerrero (Doom Patrol, Orange Is the New Black) and Colin Hanks (Fargo) have also joined the cast. Hanks will portray Holly’s manager Norman Petty, while Guerrero will star as Holly’s wife Maria Elena Holly. Clear Lake will […]
Selena Gomez is set to star as Silvia Vásquez-Lavado in the Peruvian mountaineer and social entrepreneur’s biopic, per The Hollywood Reporter. The film, In the Shadow of the Mountain, is based on the upcoming memoir of the same name written by mountaineer Vásquez-Lavado. Vásquez-Lavado was not only the first Peruvian woman to summit Mount Everest, but she was also the first openly […]
Giannis Antetokounmpo‘s incredible life story is getting the film treatment. Walt Disney Studios announced Wednesday the development of a live-action film called Greek Freak, based on the Milwaukee Bucks star and his family. According to Deadline, the movie will chronicle the Antetokounmpo’s journey from undocumented immigrants living in Greece to finding success in the sports realm. At just the age of […]
Colin in Black & White, the forthcoming limited Netflix series created by Colin Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay, has found its lead. Jaden Michael, whose previous credits include The Get Down and Wonderstruck, will star in the series as a young Kaepernick during his high school years. Image via Netflix The first entry in the six-episode […]
According to Deadline, MGM is set to partner with black-ish creator Kenya Barris for a movie based on legendary comic Richard Pryor. This comes after the studio reportedly won a contentious battle at auction over rights to make the film, with Deadline noting that this new acquisition comes after MGM had also already obtained the rights for a Sammy Davis Jr. biopic. […]
Paramount Pictures has acquired the rights for a historical epic centered around Cleopatra, and Gal Gadot is set to team-up with director Patty Jenkins once again for the film. Gadot is attached to star as the Egyptian queen herself in the film, which is tentatively titled Cleopatra, Deadline reports. Jenkins, meanwhile, will serve as the […]
Zoe Saldana faced a slew of criticism when she decided to portray Nina Simone in Cynthia Mort’s 2016 biopic Nina. Before Saldana’s performance even hit the table for judgment, people let it be known that Simone’s place and life as a dark-skinned Black woman were being rewritten when Saldana took on the role. This moved Saldana to […]
Netflix has announced Colin in Black & White, a new scripted limited series created by Colin Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay. The series is centered on Kaepernick’s high school years and promises “meaningful insight” into the formative experiences that later inspired him to become an activist for social justice. Kaepernick will narrate the series, which boasts writing […]
The pieces are falling into place for the upcoming Whitney Houston biopic. According to Deadline, The Whitney Houston Estate, Primary Wave, and Clive Davis are currently in talks with The Photograph director Stella Meghie (and recent Watch Less guest) to helm the film, which is tentatively titled I Wanna Dance With Somebody. Meghie is reportedly a big Whitney Houston fan and lobbied tirelessly […]
Although she couldn’t confirm the actor’s involvement in the film, Whitney Houston‘s sister-in-law, Pat Houston, let it be known that Taraji P. Henson would be a perfect fit for the singer’s biopic. Earlier this week, record executive Clive Davis revealed that he is working on putting together his own Whitney Houston biopic. Davis and Houston had a close […]
