#Biopics
Zendaya in Talks to Topline Ronnie Spector Biopic
It looks like Zendaya is celebrating her historic Emmy win by booking another project. The “Euphoria” star is in talks to topline a biopic of Ronnie Spector, best known for fronting the...
Dianne Houston to Direct “The Melony Armstrong Story”
Dianne Houston is paying tribute to a fellow trailblazer. The Academy Award nominee will write and direct “The Melony Armstrong Story” for Moving Picture Institute, Deadline...
Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan to Star in Lesbian Romance “Ammonite”
Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan will play unlikely lovers in the next project from writer-director Francis Lee (“God’s Own Country”). According to Deadline, the two actresses are...
Martha Conley on “Boy Erased,” Sharing Her Son’s Story, and Being Played by Nicole Kidman
When Martha Conley and her husband found out their son, Garrard, was gay 14 years ago, they consulted members of their Baptist community about what to do and were advised to send him to a conversion...
Production Set on Cynthia Erivo-Led Harriet Tubman Biopic, Kasi Lemmons Directing
Production will soon be underway for Cynthia Erivo-starrer “Harriet.” Over a year and a half after news of the Harriet Tubman biopic originally broke, Focus Features has announced...
Fall 2018 Film Preview
By Keno Katsuda and Antora Majumdar Although 2018 is more than halfway over, there are still plenty of amazing women-centric and women-created films yet to be released. Emma Thompson leads one of the...
Rachel Weisz Set to Star in Film Adaptation of “Secret Life of Dr. James Miranda Barry”
Rachel Weisz is set to star in an adaptation of “The Secret Life of Dr. James Miranda Barry: Victorian England’s Most Eminent Surgeon” by Rachel Holmes, Deadline reports. The rights have been...
Superagent Sue Mengers Biopic in the Works
The biography “Can I Go Now: The Life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood’s First Superagent” is getting a feature film adaptation, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The book follows the story of how...
Anika Noni Rose to Produce and Star in Shirley Chisholm Biopic
Anika Noni Rose is attached to produce and star in a film based on Shirley Chisholm, Shadow and Act has reported. Chisholm was the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress,...
Multiple Jenni Rivera Projects in the Works
Multiple projects are in the works surrounding the life of singer Jenni Rivera, according the Deadline. Television projects and a film based on the life of the late Mexican-American singer have been...