Biopics

Dionne Warwick has made clear that she wants no part of an upcoming biopic about the late-great Whitney Houston.

We reminisce on 15 amazing biopics that told the stories of prominent figures in Black culture, and also 5 that were practically panned just in case future directors need an example of what not to do.

While all of the group members aren’t on speaking terms right now, Lifetime is getting ready to produce a Salt-N-Pepa biopic. The 3-hour film is still in production but the network has recently announced the leading cast. GG Townson (left), known for her roles in “In the Cut,” “Everybody Hates Chris” will star as Cheryl […]

Charles “Buddy” Bolden is considered by most historians and practitioners of jazz to be the founding father of the art form. A new film Bolden opened in theaters this week examining the life and career of the legendary New Orleans cornetist. Bolden was born September 6, 1877 in New Orleans, La. As a teenager, he […]

BET has announced the full cast of its highly anticipated miniseries about Bobby Brown. When BET aired The New Edition Story last year, it was ratings gold for the network. It broke records! Execs took that success as a cue to produce a follow-up about Bobby. Woody McClain, who is reprising his role as Bobby, […]

There are dueling Xscape biopics in the works, but as far as the group is concerned, only one truly matters. Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta producer Mona Scott-Young is executive producing an official, authorized project featuring the group’s original members, Kandi Burruss-Tucker, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, and sisters LaTocha and Tamika Scott. Meanwhile, TV One is […]

An effort to get the life story of Arthur Ashe to the big screen has begun in Hollywood. Writer Krystin Ver Linden has just finished a script, titled Ashe, which follows not only the on-court story of the tennis icon who broke racial barriers in the sport, but also focuses on his humanitarian work outside […]

John Singleton spoke to civil rights activist Deray Mckesson during last weekend’s ComplexCon at The Long Beach Convention Center about the unreleased biopic of Tupac Shakur All Eyez on Me. According to reports, the director is not convinced that the movie will be a proper chronicle of the rap legend’s life and career. Singleton, who was […]

For Dr. Dre, payback for his alleged beatings of Michel’le back in the day is turning to be a real bitch, as they say. That’s because in the wake of her Lifetime biopic Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le, the diminutive singer with the big voice is not through with him yet. Over the weekend, […]

Actor/activist Jesse Williams revealed during the Denzealots pop culture podcast that he’s doing a biopic on another actor and activist, Harry Belafonte. On top of the Belafonte feature, Williams says he also producing two documentaries. One, not surprisingly, is on the Black Lives Matter movement for BET and another dealing with the school to prison […]

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Kerry Washington says she was acutely aware of the challenge of playing Anita Hill in a miniseries dramatizing Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court confirmation hearings. “I was terrified. Portraying somebody who’s real is a different kind of responsibility, especially when they’re alive. That significance was not lost on me,” Washington told a […]

Hollywood has got biopic fever, and we can’t blame ’em! Here are 10 biopics we would absolutely love to see, brought to you by Jasmine Sanders. Click on the audio player to hear this clip from “The D.L. Hughley Show!” Sign Up For Our Newsletter! RELATED: Guess Who’s Playing Tamar Braxton In The Toni Braxton Lifetime Biopic? […]