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Wong Kar-Wai's The Grandmaster has been stuck in production and post-production h-e-double-hockey-sticks for about three years now. While we can hardly say at this point whether or not the movie will be worth the wait, we ca...
| Liz Rugg |
So we already know that Sacha Baron Cohen was signed on to play as Freddie Mercury in a biopic being written by Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon). So far no one has been confirmed for who will be the director of the project. Apparen...
| Logan Otremba |
Angelina Jolie has enlisted Joel and Ethan Coen to rewrite her WWII drama Unbroken. The film is adapted from Laura Hillenbrand's 2010 book of the same name that chronicles the life of WWII POW Lou Zamperini. According to The ...
| Hubert Vigilla |
I'm a huge fan of John Leguizamo's comedy. Unfortunately, not everyone seems to think the same way. He's always typecast as the "zany Mexican guy who makes faces" and has to keep the same accent in each film. Thankfully, he's...
| Nick Valdez |
A new film is going to focus on David Bowie and Iggy Pop's collaboration and friendship in West Berlin circa 1976-1978. Titled Lust for Life, the film will be directed by Gabriel Range (Death of a President). The screenplay i...
| Hubert Vigilla |
After two years of development, three years in production, and some release delays, Wong Kar-wai's The Grandmasters finally opened in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore last month. It's the director's biggest hit by far ...
| Hubert Vigilla |
This first clip of jOBS, courtesy of Entertainment Tonight, (or if recent rumblings are true, JOBS) shows a heavy handed conversation between Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) and Steve Wozniak (Josh Gad). When dialogue ...
| Nick Valdez |
For the biopic The Last of Robin Hood, Dakota Fanning has just joined the cast of the film. The Last of Robin Hood focuses on Hollywood actor Errol Flynn, and the relationship he had with his teenage girlfriend and fellow act...
| Logan Otremba |
42 tells the story of the first black American man to play in major league baseball; Jackie Robinson. Judging by the trailer, 42 will focus on a lot of the racism and bigotry that Robinson had to overcome, and how he eventua...
| Liz Rugg |
Roughly five years in the making and oft-delayed, Wong Kar-wai's Yip Man biopic The Grandmasters is almost done. Almost. The Hollywood Reporter says that Wong is doing last-minute post-production right now. How last minute? T...
| Hubert Vigilla |
While the 2013 Sundance Film Festival attendees will get a chance to see jOBS at its closing night screening, the general public will have to wait until it releases in theaters sometime in April 2013. A specific release ...
| Logan Otremba |
Guess what delayed production just got delayed again. Wong Kar-wai's Yip Man biopic The Grandmasters has been pushed back to January 8th, 2013, though there may be more delays ahead. The rumor is that Wong Kar-wai is shootin...
| Hubert Vigilla |
It looks like famed musician Lenny Kravitz has officially signed on to portray legendary musician Marvin Gaye in an upcoming biopic directed by Juilien Temple. Details are iffy at the moment, but it is said that the movi...
| Thor Latham |
Is Susan Boyle Benedict Cumberbatch's mom?* If so, I'm sure he's very proud because she's getting a movie made about her life. Fox Searchlight has purchased her life rights (that will always be a weird grouping of words ...
| Sean Walsh |
F. Gary Gray's Straight Outta Compton, a biopic of NWA, could finally wind up at Universal. The project has been in the works since 2009 and is currently with New Line, though a source with The Wrap says that negotiations bet...
| Hubert Vigilla |
Biopics can be really tricky, especially since the events of a person's life aren't always compelling. More than that, you can't neatly pack a person's accomplishments into two hours. With Aaron Sorkin's biopic of Steve Jobs,...
| Hubert Vigilla |
Wong Kar-wai's The Grandmasters, the long-in-the-works movie about Yip Man, is finally coming out in December. Following a visually interesting trailer for the film, a number of posters were released. One is a banner poster w...
| Hubert Vigilla |
It's surprising that Johnny Carson hasn't had a biopic yet. It's probably due to his private nature during his life, and perhaps his estate's attempt to maintain that. Closest we got we got, if memory serves, is Carson as a s...
| Hubert Vigilla |
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