Crowe to star in Bill Hicks biopic

Taking a break from his latest film, Nottingham, Russel Crowe has revealed to the Sydney Morning Herald that his next project is to be a biopic of the late Bill Hicks.""I have another project based on the life of...

DiCaprio to Star in Atari Movie

"Paramount Pictures has snapped up a pitch titled "Atari," with Leonardo DiCaprio attached to star.Written by Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman, project is a biopic about entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell, the creator...

Brooklyn Rapper to Play Notorious B.I.G. in Biopic

Life imitates art imitating life imitating art..." A Brooklyn-based rapper who was a drug dealer before he was a singer has been cast as Biggie Smalls, also known as Notorious B.I.G., in the upcoming film...

Hilary Swank is set to play Amelia Earhart.

Hilary Swank is scheduled to play Amelia Earhart in “Amelia,” a biopic that will be directed by Mira Nair, according to Variety.com. The picture is set to begin production in April, and will be financed...

Oliver Stone plans President Bush biopic

The script is already written, and now Stone is acquiring financial backing for the film.  No mention of dates yet.Stone says he plans a fair, unbiased representation of George Bush's rise to power, but...

Agent Scully to Host Masterpiece Theatre

Since striking sci-fi gold with her starring role as Agent Dana Scully on the X-Files, Gillian Anderson has been trying to expand her range. First, there was her moody attempt to speak/sing over earnest 90s...

Can Hugo Chavez's Cinema Villa Studio Contend With Hollywood?

"Unhappy with what he considers Hollywood's monopoly on the silver screen, President Hugo Chavez is bankrolling Venezuelan movies through a state-run film studio. Now rolling: a biopic about Luis Posada Carriles, the former CIA operative who lives freely in the United States...

Iran's president rejects biopic, saying Stone part of 'Great Satan'

In contrast to the recent news of protests and nuclear threats, the belligerent Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has rejected US director Oliver Stone's request to make a documentary of him. ...

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