Films
Daisy Edgar-Jones will “Feel the Earth Move” with her lead role as the Carole King in Sony’s “Beautiful.” Variety reports that the musical biopic of the legendary singer-songwriter will be...
Features
“The Silent Twins” is hardly your everyday biopic. From director Agnieszka Smoczyńska (“The Lure”) and screenwriter Andrea Seigel (“Laggies”), and based on the...
Interviews
Frances O’Connor is an Australian-English actress living in London who is best known for her film roles in “Mansfield Park” and “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Her TV...
A long-gestating biopic about Mexican American singer Jenni Rivera has finally found its director. Gigi Saul Guerrero, who has been developing the pic with screenwriter Shane McKenzie, has now also...
Festivals
This year’s edition of the Toronto International Film Festival will kick off with Sally El Hosaini’s depiction of Olympian Yusra Mardini and her sister Sara’s heroic swim from...
Gemma Chan is set to pay tribute to another actress. Following roles in blockbusters including “Eternals,” “Captain Marvel,” and “Crazy Rich Asians,” Chan will...
Today in It’s About Time news: the first woman to secure the Commonwealth, European, World, and Olympic boxing titles is getting a biopic. “Hear Me Roar,” a coming-of-age story...
Born in Moscow, Vasilisa Kuzmina is a young Russian filmmaker and scriptwriter. After getting a B.F.A. in acting at the Moscow Drama School, Kuzmina debuted as a film director with the web series...
Last month, news broke that Ursula Macfarlane is working on a documentary about Anna Nicole Smith. Now there’s word that another story about the late model is on the way, also from a woman...
Another Mary Shelley biopic is on the way. “The Great’s” Elle Fanning played the “Frankenstein” author in Haifaa Al-Mansour’s “Mary Shelley,” released...
The First Lady of Hairdressing is getting a biopic. Atmosphere Entertainment has acquired the rights to “Upper Cut: Highlights of My Hollywood Life,” Carrie White’s bestselling...
Trailers
Told to “stand very still and smile a lot,” Kristen Stewart begins to crumble under mounting pressure at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate in a new trailer for “Spencer,” a...
Just a few weeks after the Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect” hit theaters there’s word that another female music icon is getting her own feature film. “Harriet” and...
Kristen Stewart follows on the heels of Emma Corrin’s Emmy-nominated portrayal of Princess Diana in “The Crown” with “Spencer,” a biopic of the late royal. The film...
One of the most acclaimed on-screen talents of her generation is set to pay tribute to a Hollywood legend who made her name behind the scenes. Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence is leading a highly...
Whoopi Goldberg and Danielle Deadwyler (“Watchmen”) have joined the cast of Chinonye Chukwu’s “Till,” which follows Mamie Till-Mobley in the aftermath of the murder of...
Tiffany Haddish is taking inspiration from Olympic history for her next role. The “Girls Trip” breakout will leave her competition in the dust in an as-yet untitled biopic about track and...
A biopic about Fallon Fox, the first openly trans MMA fighter, is in development at Mark Gordon Pictures. The groundbreaking athlete will consult on the project and spouses Allison Glock-Cooper and T...
Get ready to play “Chain of Fools” on repeat. The latest installment of National Geographic’s anthology series, “Genius,” focuses on Aretha Franklin. Star of stage and...
Michelle Dean is bringing another shocking true story to the screen. “The Act” co-creator, writer, and exec producer will pen “Stolen Time,” Amblin Partners’ biopic...
Rachel Feldman’s political thriller about fair pay whistleblower and activist Lilly Ledbetter has found its leading lady. Patricia Clarkson will take on the titular character in...
Another Fannie Lou Hamer project is on the way. A few months ago, it was announced that Alfre Woodard would play the civil rights activist in a limited series, and now there’s word that a film...
Pamela B. Green is working on another Alice Guy-Blaché project. Green, the co-writer-director-producer of documentary “Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché,” is in early...
News
Daisy Ridley may be trading in her light saber for a swim cap and goggles. The “Star Wars” actress is in negotiations to topline “Young Woman and the Sea,” a biopic about...
“I am here to stay. Wendy Williams is not going anywhere. I’m going to come in like a hurricane,” says Wendy Williams (Ciera Payton, “The Oval”) in a new trailer for...
Cynthia Erivo is set to portray yet another real-life trailblazer. The star of “Harriet” and the forthcoming “Genius: Aretha” has signed on to topline a biopic about Sarah...
Angelina Jolie has lined up her next project. The Oscar-winning actress, whose last directorial effort, Khmer Rouge drama “First They Killed My Father,” received a Golden Globe nod, will...
No stranger to kicking ass in the Marvel universe and on “The Walking Dead,” Danai Gurira is set to portray a real-life hero. The Hollywood Reporter confirms she will topline “The...
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Funmi Holder has acted in over 25 movies since she made her debut in the Nigerian film industry. Her big break came in 2010, when she took the role of Amaka Okoh in the...
COVID-19 has affected the theatrical release of Julie Taymor’s “The Glorias,” but we’ll still get to see the Gloria Steinem biopic before the election. Deadline reports the...
Lena O. Smith, a civil rights leader and trailblazing lawyer, will soon be getting her own feature film. A biopic about Smith, the first African American woman attorney to be licensed in Minnesota,...
Television
A show about Jazz Age icon and civil rights activist Josephine Baker could soon be dancing its way to the screen. Studiocanal, CPB Films, and Leyland Films are developing “a high-end...
Some of hip-hop’s biggest icons have teamed up for a biopic celebrating other trailblazing women in music. Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, and Missy Elliott joined forces with Holly Carter to...
Who is Jean Seberg? A new trailer for a biopic about the controversial French New Wave star asks that very question. Based on true events, the pic is set in the ’60s and sees Kristen Stewart...
Haifaa Al Mansour is set to direct another biopic about a trailblazing woman. Deadline reports that the “Mary Shelley” helmer has signed on to step behind the camera for “Let It...
Lucy Boynton is stepping up to the mic. Best known for playing the love interest of musicians in Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” and coming-of-age pic “Sing...
“Transparent’s” musical series finale dropped less than a month ago, but its Emmy-winning creator, writer, director, and exec producer Jill Soloway is showing no signs of slowing...
Earlier this year, news broke that a biopic about “Out of Africa” writer Karen Blixen, who published under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen, was in the works. Now the project has lined up a...
“Science is changing, and the very people who are running science believe the world is flat. I’m going to prove them wrong,” says Rosamund Pike in a new teaser for Marjane...
Alma Har’el is a film and music video director, best known for her documentaries “Love True” and “Bombay Beach,” the latter of which was awarded the top prize at the 2011 Tribeca Film...
Kasi Lemmons is an award-winning director, writer, actress, and professor. Her acclaimed 1997 feature directorial debut, “Eve’s Bayou,” received the Independent Spirit Award for Best First...
Born in South Korea and raised in Australia, Unjoo Moon has directed and produced many award winning short films, music videos, commercials, and documentaries which have screened internationally at...
Eva Longoria is bringing Richard Montanez’s life story to the big screen. You may not recognize his name, but you’re familiar with the deliciously spicy fruits of his labor: Montanez...
The inspirational story of activist and Kids Off the Block founder Diane Latiker is on its way to the big screen. According to Deadline, feature “The Power of One: The Diane Latiker...
“Judy” doesn’t hit theaters until September 27, but Renée Zellweger just took a big leap in the Oscar race thanks to a newly released trailer for the Judy Garland...
Besides her Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated work as an actress, Ashley Judd is known for her progressive political activism, which includes furthering the rights of girls and women worldwide and...
Sally El Hosaini is bringing Olympian swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini’s story to the big screen. Screen Daily confirms El Hosaini is directing “The Swimmers,” a biopic...
Perhaps best known for playing district attorney Trish Murtaugh on Fox’s “Lethal Weapon,” Keesha Sharp is stepping into Catwoman’s shoes for a new project. The actress has...
An Amy Winehouse biopic is on the way thanks to “Harlots” executive producers Alison Owen and Debra Hayward. Their production outfit, Monumental Pictures, signed a deal with the family of...
It’s a big week for Michelle Williams. The four-time Oscar nominee’s first foray into the superhero genre, “Venom,” hits theaters this Friday, and she just signed on to...
Nandita Das has acted in more than 40 feature films in 10 different languages. She made her directorial debut with 2008’s “Firaaq.” Das also acted, wrote, and directed the 2012 play...
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