The premiere of TV One’s original biopic The Bobby DeBarge Story on Saturday, June 29 debuted at #1 on television (broadcast and cable) among African Americans. The four airings of The Bobby DeBarge Story during premiere weekend had a combined reach of 1.8 Million Unique Viewers. The film ranks as TV One’s #4 Original Movie premiere in the network’s […]
This week, Hulu released the official trailer for their upcoming Wu-Tang Clan biopic, Wu-Tang: An American Saga. Guided by the musical vision of a young RZA, who partnered with Watchmen and Superfly screenwriter Alex Tse to write and produce the series inspired by the rapper’s books, “The Wu-Tang Manual” and “Tao Of Wu.” RZA and […]
Snoop Dogg stays busy, his newest project is a biopic. Hot New Hip Hop reports, Snoop drew inspiration from the hit Netflix show Narcos. Uncle Snoop said he would like his life story to be told in different stages, dating back to the late 1960’s showcasing his parents. The story would then cover his childhood growing […]
Louis Farrakhan has announced that Netflix will not stream a controversial documentary about the well-known Muslim pastor; despite previously stating that it would premiere on the streaming service. A Netflix spokesperson said the confusion all comes down to a communication error. “This film will not be released on Netflix. Due to an internal miscommunication, it appeared to be […]
Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American actress to win an Academy Award, is receiving a biopic that’s currently in the works. The Hollywood Reporter reports that producer Alysia Allen was able to get film rights from the biography Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood by Jill Watts. Producer Aaron Magnani will work alongside Allen to produce the film. At the moment, […]
Morgan Freeman will take on the role of former Secretary of State Colin Powell in “Powell,” a biopic from Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Reginald Hudlin, fresh from his Thurgood Marshall biopic “Marshall,” will direct the drama, which will be produced by Amritraj and Lori McCreary, Freeman’s partner at Revelations […]
TV One’s Bobbi Kristina biopic debuts this weekend. Billed as “an honest and moving look at the young woman at the center of one of the most talked-about stories in recent years,” the film will premiere on Sunday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT. Joy Rovaris stars in the title role, and Demetria […]
Singer and actress Demetria McKinney had the honor of playing the iconic Whitney Houston in the Bobby Kristina biopic by TV One and she was too happy to share. “I’ve been an avid fan of Whitney Houston since I can remember. She got me out of a lot of places where you know I didn’t know […]
Filmmaker Julie Dash is preparing to direct a biopic on civil rights icon Rosa Parks, which will focus on the decade before the seminal moment she refused to give up her seat for a white person on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. According to Deadline, the story will center on Parks as an activist seeking justice […]
Marvin Gaye's son is not a fan of his dad's upcoming biopic.
"Straight Outta Compton" topped the box office for the third week in a row and made history as the highest grossing musical biopic ever.
There have been talks about new Tupac films for years now, and another one is looking to be made. But Gobi Rahimi, Tupac’s former music video producer, wants to…
