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The Biopic and the Assembly Line

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2008-09-07 07:15:00 by Joe in Fin de cinema
...Biopics are lame. Biopics about people of questionable artistry are even lamer. Sure, first time writer/director Rodger Grossman does little to justify a film about The Germs frontman Darby Crash, played here by Shane West of A Walk to Remember and televisions ER and Once and Again (punk, indeed), but all cinematic inabilities aside, whats...
 
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Phillip Noyce To Helm Johansson's 'Mary' Biopic; Whither Amelia Earhart?

2008-01-09 00:00:00 by Ryan Stewart in Cinematical
 
...biopic he's supposed to be helming The word from Hilary Swank's own mouth last month was that her Oscar-bait biopic of the doomed flying ace was set to begin filming in February -- so how is Noyce going to start helming Mary, Queen of Scots in April? Obviously something is screwy here. Numerous outlets have been reporting Noyce's commitment...
 
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Dale Earnhardt Biopic

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2008-02-15 18:41:25 by John Campea in The Movie Blog
...biopic; we get wind of this glorious news thanks to our friends at comingsoon Producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher have brought on board their Red Wagon production company to a biopic on NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt. Wick and Fisher have made a deal to tell the life story of the stock car driver, who was killed in a crash in the last lap of...
 
Tags: dale earnhardt, earnhardt, nascar, nascar fan, biopic, nascar lovers talk, wick, story, life story
 
 
 
 
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Redford Returns to Baseball with Jackie Robinson Biopic

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2008-04-14 00:00:00 by Eric D. Snider in Cinematical
...biopic of Jackie Robinson It was Robinson who broke through Major League Baseball's race barrier when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Despite constant racist attacks by opposing players (and, at first, his own teammates), he went on to win the first-ever Rookie of the Year Award and to be a star player throughout his 10-year stint...
 
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John Lennon Biopic Will 'Give Filming-a-John-Lennon-Biopic a Chance'

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2008-08-29 20:36:18 by HASH0x8c13174 in I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever
...biopic documenting the teenage life of John Lennon? Well, pretty soon you won't have to IMAGINE , which was a song by John Lennon, because director and visual artist Sam Taylor-Wood is bringing one to screens: The story of John Lennon is headed for the big screen with "Nowhere Boy," a biopic that will be directed by visual artist Sam...
 
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Carnahan Says Antoine Fuqua's Pablo Biopic Will Be 'Horrible'

2007-12-29 00:00:00 by Ryan Stewart in Cinematical
 
...biopic off its perch. And what exactly does he think of the Oliver Stone -produced Pablo biopic that's to be directed by Antoine Fuqua ? The one that will focus on Pablo's relationship with his brother and start shooting in early 08'? Um, not much . On his blog, Carnahan takes that subject head on, stating that the movie is "getting turned...
 
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From the Editor's Desk: The Britney Biopic

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2008-01-04 00:00:00 by Erik Davis in Cinematical
...biopics we'll be seeing in 10-15 years; the sort of stuff that will be based on the fascinating lives people are living right now. I hate to be the one who says this -- and as much as she's a total trainwreck, I still hope she pulls through -- but are we really that far away from waking up in the morning to TMZ breaking the news of Britney...
 
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UA Signs Deal With Christopher McQuarrie: John Wilkes Booth Biopic?

2008-02-07 00:00:00 by Ryan Stewart in Cinematical
 
...biopic that McQuarrie spent much time on, only to be beaten to the punch by Oliver Stone's worst movie ever, and yes, I've seen U-Turn and it's great by comparison McQuarrie is currently prepping The Stanford Prison Experiment , a film based on a famous behavioral study conducted at Stanford in the 70s in which students had to play the roles...
 
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Notorious B.I.G. Biopic Found its Star

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2008-03-06 17:42:35 by John Campea in The Movie Blog
...biopic for many months after the production held an open casting for in hopes to find an actor who would fill in the shoes of the late rapper. It has now been announced that Jamal Gravy Woolard is the lucky man that will play Biggie in Notorious Yahoo!News gives us these details Derek Luke, Angela Bassett and Anthony Mackie also have been...
 
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