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On Monday, Deadline reported that Timothée Chalamet is in talks to portray a young Bob Dylan during the time that Dylan was set to become folk music’s most influential artist. The film will center on Dylan swapping his acoustic guitar for an electric one, and the uproar that was caused by that decision. Ask your parents or […]
The most recent iteration of the Black List, a summary of Hollywood’s most popular unproduced movie scripts, has been released. Amid the titles on the 15th annual longlist is Blue Slide Park, an unofficial biographical script based on the life of Mac Miller, Deadline reports. The script was written by Kyle Anderson and Michael Vlamis, known for […]
The first animated movie of the fall season, DreamWorks Animation’s Abominable, has landed at No. 1 at the box office, grossing $20.9 million during its opening weekend. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Abominable filmmaker Jill Culton is the first woman to be credited as the lead director and writer of an animated Hollywood studio picture. The kid-friendly […]
In 2018, Empire creator and director Lee Daniels and Damon Dash reached an agreement over a lawsuit pertaining to a proposed Richard Pryor biopic. The long-gestating project has been in development hell since around 2013, and Daniels was first attached as director in 2014. Dash accused the director of breaching their contract over the biopic, which Dash […]
As first reported by Deadline, Eva Longoria is set to be the director of Fox Searchlight’s Flamin’ Hot, a biopic about the creator behind Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. While you may be saying to yourself “Wait, what?” just now, this is actually a film that was first revealed to the public about a year-and-a-half ago, and […]
According to an exclusive from Deadline, both Shia LaBeouf and Robert De Niro have committed to star in the crime redemption drama After Exile. For those who can’t tell much about a movie from a two-word title (i.e. everybody) the movie will be about Mike Delany (played by LaBeouf), a recently released prisoner who had […]
The Eddie Murphy revival continues with Monday’s reveal of the trailer for Hustle & Flow director Craig Brewer’s Dolemite Is My Name. Brewer’s biographical Netflix film stars Murphy as the late multi-hyphenate Rudy Ray Moore, whose 1975 blaxploitation classic Dolemite inspired a run of sequels and related continuations that spanned four decades. The original Dolemite takes the […]
TMZ reports that Lifetime’s forthcoming Wendy Williams biopic will cover ages 10 to 55, spanning topics like her coke habit, fat-shaming from her family, and an untold story of date rape by a chart-topping artist. Lifetime sources also reveal that the biopic will include her experiences with racism and sexism in Hollywood and details about […]
Following a period of casting speculation that saw names as varied as Harry Styles, G-Eazy, and Miles Teller being sprinkled across headlines, Baz Luhrmann and company have announced their choice for the role of Elvis Presley in the forthcoming Tom Hanks-assisted biopic. With a simple side-by-side tweeted photo comparison, Luhrmann announced Monday afternoon that Austin […]
Michael B. Jordan has been anointed one of Hollywood’s A-List actors after starring in blockbusters like Black Panther and Creed. Before the box office smashes, Jordan showed his big screen potential in 2013’s Fruitvale Station. Jordan’s portrayal of Oscar Grant III moved audiences, but it also almost stunted his growth as an actor. Jordan explained […]
