On the 20th anniversary of Tupac’s death, a new trailer for the rapper’s forthcoming biopic “All Eyez on Me” has been released. Director Benny Boom shared the teaser Tuesday morning (Sept. 13) on Instagram. “So how many of y’all heard what the vice president said about me? Cops kill innocent black folk everyday and grills […]
Codeblack Films has picked up the movie rights to “Angela Davis: An Autobiography” with plans to develop an authorized biopic of the prominent civil rights activist, reports Variety. The untitled film will be produced by Nina Yang Bongiovi, whose credits include “Fruitvale Station” and “Dope.” Sidra Smith, a producer on the 2012 documentary “Free […]
Forest Whitaker has been tapped to tell the story of female, hip-hop emcee Roxanne Shante in the upcoming biopic, Roxanne Roxanne. While the details are still being kept at a minimum, we do know that Nia Long will play the hip hop legend’s mother, Peggy. Check out a few photos from the set. Will you […]
VH1 may be producing a biopic about Jodeci, one of the most popular male R&B vocal bands of the 1990s. HipHopWired.com reports that one of the members of the group vaguely suggested that the network is brewing a behind the scenes film, but nothing has been confirmed yet. Jodeci consists of two sets of brothers, […]
Destiny’s Child alum LeToya Luckett has been chosen to play Dionne Warwick in “Dionne,” a planned biopic about the legendary R&B songstress. Warwick, 75, was in Cannes on Friday to announce the project, which will also co-star Danny Glover, Olympia Dukakis and Lady Gaga as the late British singer Cilla Black. Based on Warwick’s memoir […]
A theatrical feature documentary about the life of Whitney Houston is in the works from director Kevin Macdonald, an Oscar winner for the 1999 doc “One Day in September.” It’s the first documentary to be officially authorized by her estate, and will include an interview with Clive Davis, who signed Houston to his Arista Records […]
Filmmaker Nick Broomfield, the director of such controversial documentaries as “Kurt & Courtney” and “Biggie & Tupac,” will turn his lens on Whitney Houston for a film about the late singer – without the blessing of her estate. “Whitney,” to air on the UK’s BBC Two, will go “in search of the forces that made […]
Most known for her roles in Mad Men and Chiraq, Teyonah Parris, stars in the hit show Survivor’s Remorse. She talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about season three, art imitating life and starring as Miki Howard in the upcoming TV One biopic. On rumors that Mike Epps was killed off: “You’ll have to […]
As FX’s “American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson,” continues to draw ratings and renewed attention on the O.J. Simpson case, news has surfaced about a film on the former NFL star’s famed attorney Johnnie Cochran. According to Jet, the film, TV and talent management company The Firm has acquired the rights to an […]
Known for his roles Selma and The Gabby Douglas Story, Toronto native Stephan James is lacing up the cleats of a very famous track star in Race, where he plays the legendary Jesse Owens. He talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the life Jesse Owens lived off the track, the pressure to play […]
Toni Braxton‘s biopic Unbreak My Heart premieres on Lifetime this Sunday and the Grammy award singer talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about what fans will learn, how her silence about her bankruptcy actually helped other artists and much more. Why she didn’t like the song Unbreak My Heart at first: “It’s not that I didn’t […]
The cast of the long awaited Tupac biopic, All Eyez On Me, continues to add to the cast of the Benny Boom directed film. Last week the role of Suge Knight (newcomer Dominic Santana) and Jada Pinkett Smith (Vampire Diaries Kat Graham) was confirmed, and now it looks like they’ve found their Faith Evans! Grace […]
