Released 15 years ago, 'Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story' fell a bit short in delivering consistent laughs but it was incredibly great at pointing out the clichés of the music biopic genre.
‘Back to Black’ will be directed by Sam-Taylor-Johnson, after years of Hollywood trying to bring a movie about her life to fruition.
A Billy Joel biopic, with the working title of 'Piano Man' is in the works, but Joel himself is reportedly not involved in any way.
Brian Epstein was the band’s manager from 1962-1967; he initially spotted John, Paul, George, and former drummer Pete Best performing in their hometown of Liverpool in the iconic Cavern Club.
Martin Scorsese is set to direct his first music biopic by telling the story of the Grateful Dead with Jonah Hill in the role of the legendary Jerry Garcia.
Just 24 hours after it was announced that rapper Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) would play late jazz legend Thelonious Monk in a new biopic, the artists' estate came out condemning the project.
The title of the project is 'Everybody Here Wants You' and will star Reeve Carney in the lead role.
The news coincides with the release of Macca’s new album; the two music legends will be working on a six-part documentary series that will take a look at McCartney's historic career.
B.B. King is actually getting two films about his life while the Richard Pryor biopic, being written and produced by Kenya Barris, was finally greenlit by MGM.
There's only one music biopic in the post-'Walk Hard' era that has managed to transcend it, with a creative structure and an innovative approach. And that movie is the Brian Wilson biopic 'Love & Mercy.'
It was announced this week that Warner Brothers will produce a full-on biopic of Elvis, with young actor Austin Butler playing the legendary rock star. The film will focus on the relationship between Presley and Parker.
It's official, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is a box office hit and given Hollywood's never-ending copycat tendencies, that means we're about to get many more music biopics. So let's imagine an alternate world in which music rights are no object, nor is the necessary approval or control of surviving band members, and examine some music biopics that haven't happened yet, but should.
The film about the iconic rapper is in the works with director Allen Hughes ('Menace II Society', 'Dead Presidents') and writer Joe Robert Cole ('Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'), with Snoop Dogg as one of the producers.
Eddie Murphy is in early talks to play the legendary Parliament-Funkadelic leader George Clinton, who is widely considered to be the Godfather of Funk.
Christmas Day 2001 saw the release of a full-on Hollywood biopic of the "Greatest of All Time," simply titled 'Ali.' Directed by Michael Mann and starring Will Smith, it didn't stray far from the sports biopic formula but it was executed to near-perfection.
David Bowie’s estate has long taken a stance against authorizing biopics, but Brett Morgen's project has reportedly won over their support with his approach to the legend.
The legendary '70s rock band are finally getting their multi-dimensional saga told on the big screen.
The film will be aptly titled 'What's Going On' and will be directed by Allen Hughes of the renowned Hughes Brothers' directing duo and written by poet-playwright Marcus Gardley.
Music, and the stories behind the music, was the subject of a lot of documentaries in 2020. Ranging from legacy acts looking back into their pasts to rare untold stories of cult favorites.
Rick James has one of the craziest life stories in music history, which is probably the reason Universal decided to develop a limited series under the title 'Super Freak.'
Get ready for possibly the drunkest rock biopic of all time, as Josh Boone is set to direct a no-holds-barred film on the notorious Minneapolis punk band.
The film is set to star South African actor Johnny Flynn and its first pics have just dropped online.
'Bohemian Rhapsody' is a fun, albeit shallow, ride that takes us through some of Queen's biggest hits while largely avoiding the seedier parts of Mercury's tale. More of a celebration than a hard-hitting biopic.
I, Tonya, which won a Golden Globe for supporting actress Allison Janney and since notched acting Oscar nominations for both Janney and Margot Robbie, has shown that there’s an appetite out there for nontraditional sports biopics, telling versions of stories that you thought you knew well, but telling them from a surprising or counter-intuitive angle.
