The Regina King-starring biopic about the first Black woman presidential candidate doesn’t do its subject (or the star who plays her) justice. Photo: Glen Wilson/Netflix To damn by faint praise: Shirley is a perfectly serviceable film. John Ridley’s docudrama about Shirley Chisholm’s trailblazing but ill-fated 1972 presidential run doesn’t do much beyond the very basics… Continue reading Netflix’s Shirley Chisholm Biopic Never Does Her Justice
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Pharrell Williams Sets Lego Animated Biopic ‘Piece by Piece’
Lego master. Photo: Jacopo Raule/Getty Images Just last year, Pharrell Williams expanded his oeuvre to fashion when he became creative director of men’s at Louis Vuitton. Now, he’s expanding into an even more unconventional material: Legos. And not for fashion, either — the hitmaker is creating a film about his life, told through Legos. For… Continue reading Pharrell Williams Sets Lego Animated Biopic ‘Piece by Piece’
Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson Biopic Adds Colman Domingo
Jaafar Jackson and Michael Jackson. Photo-Illustration: Vulture. Photos: Getty Images Fans of sanding down the edges of complicated historical figures should be thrilled (get it?) because the producer of Bohemian Rhapsody and the writer of The Aviator have turned their eyes to Michael Jackson. Deadline previously reported that Emancipation director Antoine Fuqua is go-go-go to… Continue reading Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson Biopic Adds Colman Domingo
Richard Simmons Denies Approving Pauly Shore-Starring Biopic
Photo: C Flanigan/FilmMagic Pauly Shore must be feeling the burn. Exercise legend Richard Simmons, who has all but retired from public life, briefly reemerged to nix rumors that he approved an upcoming biopic. “You may have heard they may be doing a movie about me with Pauly Shore,” he wrote on his official Facebook page.… Continue reading Richard Simmons Denies Approving Pauly Shore-Starring Biopic
A Michael Jackson Biopic Is Coming From Antoine Fuqua
Jaafar Jackson and Michael Jackson. Photo-Illustration: Vulture. Photos: Getty Images Fans of sanding down the edges of complicated historical figures should be thrilled (get it?) because the producer of Bohemian Rhapsody and the writer of The Aviator have turned their eyes to Michael Jackson. And, as if the Jackson estate weren’t involved enough, the King… Continue reading A Michael Jackson Biopic Is Coming From Antoine Fuqua
Amy Winehouse Biopic ‘Back to Black’ Gets U.K. Release Date
Marisa Abela and Amy Winehouse. Photo: STUDIOCANAL International Back to Black has found its Amy. The upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic will star Industry breakout Marisa Abela, Deadline reported on January 12. Focus Features and Monumental Pictures are partnering with Studiocanal on the movie, with filming set to begin January 16 in London. Several Winehouse biopics… Continue reading Amy Winehouse Biopic ‘Back to Black’ Gets U.K. Release Date
Selena Gomez to Play Linda Ronstadt in Biopic Film
Define “break.” Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images, Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Theory: Maybe Selena Gomez’s social-media break is actually a Method acting exercise to get in the headspace of a singer who began performing in the late 1960s and thus didn’t have social media. Sure, we’re just spitballing — but Gomez is set to… Continue reading Selena Gomez to Play Linda Ronstadt in Biopic Film
Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein Biopic at Venice
Photo: Jason McDonald/Netflix Carey Mulligan gets first billing in Bradley Cooper’s film about the life of conductor Leonard Bernstein (played by Bradley Cooper). And she deserves it. As Bernstein’s wife Felicia Montealegre, she has to absorb, attract, shield, and parry every loving embrace and slight from her brilliant husband. It’s a reactive performance, and Mulligan… Continue reading Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein Biopic at Venice
Priscilla Presley Biopic: Cast, Trailer, Release Date
Sofia Coppola is back with another historical film about a yearning teenage girl. But this time, the subject is Priscilla Presley, played by Cailee Spaeny. Just one surprisingly short year after Austin Butler’s voice changed forever, Coppola is focusing our attention on Elvis Presley’s ex-wife and fashion icon Priscilla and her journey in marrying and… Continue reading Priscilla Presley Biopic: Cast, Trailer, Release Date