Timothée Chalamet didn’t sit down with Bob Dylan before playing the famed singer in the upcoming biopic “A Complete Unknown.” In fact, the two still haven’t met each other. “I never met him,” Chalamet, 28, said on “The Zane Lowe Show” on Monday while promoting his movie about Dylan’s life that comes out on Christmas. … Read more
Billy Zane made a stunning transformation into late film actor Marlon Brando. The 58-year-old appeared as a spitting image of Brando’s Don Vito Corleone from Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 mob drama, “The Godfather.” Zane is playing Brando, who died in 2004 at age 80, in the upcoming biopic, “Waltzing with Brando.” Zane looked unrecognizable as he … Read more
From the Bear to the Boss. The first look photo has been released of Emmy-winning “The Bear” star Jeremy Allen White playing Bruce Springsteen. White, 33, will star as Springsteen, 75, in the upcoming biopic “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” which will be set in the ‘80s. The movie does not yet have an announced premiere date. … Read more
Bruce Springsteen has a hungry heart for the stage. The singer, who turned 75 in September, has been performing sold-out arena around the world for close to half a century. And the 20-time Grammy winner has no plans to stop anytime soon. Bruce Springsteen performs during the last show of the 1985 ‘Born in the … Read more
Who’s that girl? Sydney Sweeney usually plays a blonde bombshell, but the 27-year-old looked unrecognizable when she morphed into boxer Christy Martin while filming a biopic about the latter’s life. In photos obtained by The Post, the “Euphoria” starlet was seen rocking a short and curly brunette wig on Sunday while on the set of … Read more
movie review THE APPRENTICE What sensible people, whose LinkedIn accounts don’t say “movie critic” anyway, would go see a film about Donald Trump right now? The former president and current candidate dominates the news cycle, and obnoxious impressions of him are ubiquitous — whether on late-night TV or at every party that serves booze. Why … Read more
Just like in the movies, Deadpool can’t be killed. “Deadpool & Wolverine,” one of the defining movies of the summer, ruled the box office on a weekend with quiet openings and low theater attendance as the summer movie season came to an anticlimactic close. For the second weekend in a row, “Deadpool & Wolverine,” Marvel’s smash … Read more
It took a long time for Angelina Jolie to find her voice again. The Oscar winner, 49, told The Hollywood Reporter that she didn’t sing for a while before her new film “Maria” because one of her exes criticized her voice. “It was an out-of-body experience because I don’t sing,” Jolie said in the interview … Read more
This time, Nicolas Cage will be playing a national treasure. The famed actor is set to portray the late football coach and TV analyst John Madden in an upcoming biopic, the film’s director David O. Russell said in a statement on Thursday. The news comes nearly three years after the Super Bowl-winning coach died at … Read more
He’s got no reservations. Dominic Sessa, the breakout star of the Oscar-winning movie “The Holdovers,” is in talks to play legendary chef and travel documentarian Anthony Bourdain in a biopic that will be called “Tony,” according to Deadline. A24 is reportedly in talks to produce the project. Sessa, 21, rose to fame in “The Holdovers” … Read more
Britney Spears is finally getting the biopic treatment. Universal Pictures announced in a press release Monday that they secured the rights to a film based on the pop star’s best-selling 2023 memoir, “The Woman in Me,” according to People. The movie will be directed by Jon M. Chu, who helmed “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Wicked,” … Read more
Hollywood executives love to characterize themselves as fearless. The truth is that they spend most of their time trying to minimize risk. It’s why theaters are clogged with vacuous sequels. It’s why so many Hollywood power players hide behind P.R. people. And it’s why all of the big movie studios and streaming services — and, … Read more
It was not as easy as 1 2 3, but Neverland Ranch was the site of a major filming location for an upcoming Michael Jackson biopic. Around 300 people were cleared to descend on the infamous property north of Santa Ynez, Calif., for the shoot in April, according to film permit activity reviewed by SF … Read more
The day after the Cannes Film Festival premiered “The Apprentice,” a biopic of Donald J. Trump, the former president hit back at the movie, calling it “malicious defamation” and threatening legal action. “This garbage is pure fiction which sensationalizes lies that have been long debunked,” said Steven Cheung, a spokesman for the Trump campaign. Directed … Read more
Another biopic, another remarkable transformation. Billy Zane transformed into “The Godfather” star Marlon Brando for the new biopic, “Waltzing with Brando.” Zane, 58, posted images from set — where he looks identical to Brando — on his Instagram Thursday. Billy Zane as Marlon Brando in “Waltzing With Brando.” Camille Razat/Instagram Billy Zane and co-star Camille Razat. … Read more
movie review BACK TO BLACK Running time: 122 minutes. Rated R (drug use, language throughout, sexual content and nudity). In theaters May 17. A basic biopic about Amy Winehouse, the eccentric singer who recorded two albums and then died of alcohol poisoning at the devastatingly young age of 27, was never going to work. Obviously. … Read more
He wants critics to beat it. Miles Teller is defending the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic, proclaiming that the late singer should get his own movie “regardless” of what critics think. “You only get so many opportunities in this business to make films,” Teller, 37, told Variety during the Vanity Fair Oscars party. “I’m really excited … Read more
It’s a bona fide British Invasion. Four interconnected movies about The Beatles, each focusing on a different band member, will hit theaters starting in 2027, Sony and Apple Corps, Ltd. announced on Tuesday. Sam Mendes, the ambitious director of “1917” and “Skyfall,” will helm the entire magical mystery tour of biopics that explore the lives … Read more
This “Man in the Mirror” is poised to surprise Michael Jackson fans worldwide. Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson is the reincarnation of his uncle in the first image released from Antoine Fuqua’s “Michael.” “With Jaafar, every look, every note, every dance move is Michael,” said Oscar-winning producer Graham King told Deadline. “He embodies Michael in a way that … Read more
“Like yourself. Your weight doesn’t matter. If you like yourself, you’re gonna be fine.” Those are the first words uttered by Pauly Shore as fitness icon Richard Simmons in the teaser trailer for the new upcoming biopic “The Court Jester.” But unfortunately Simmons himself is not fine with the upcoming project or with the “Encino … Read more