Tag Archives: Biopic

Box Office Report: ’42’ Gets Earns a Win, ‘Scary Movie 5’ Commits All of the Errors

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

If you get the clumsy baseball references in the title than you get that this weekend was won by 42. The Jackie Robinson biopic earned an estimated $27+ Million, giving the film one of the strongest baseball movie debuts of … Continue reading →

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Check Out This New ‘Hitchcock’ Trailer and Poster To See Modern Actors Look Like Yesterday’s Movie Stars

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Hitchcock is one of those handful of films that in any other year would be at the top of the heap for the award bait season we are about to head into. You have several high-profile actors in a biopic … Continue reading →

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Coming To Theaters This November: Abraham ‘Lincoln’ Oscar Hunter

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Every year there are certain cinematic trends. This can manifest in a couple different ways, one such way is the return to popularity of the Bow and Arrow this year. Another way this manifests is two movies with similar core … Continue reading →

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Paul Verhoeven’s Jesus Biopic Finally Gaining Traction, Lands Screenwriter

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Paul Verhoeven has been trying to make a biopic on the life of Jesus Christ for years. That is a sentence that feels odd writing, but it is true. After many failed attempts to get the project off the ground … Continue reading →

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Anthony Hopkins Fully Transformed in the First Image from ‘Hitchcock’

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

One of the most intriguing films currently filming is Hitchcock. The movie that tells the tale of the making of Psycho, arguably Alfred Hitchcock’s most famous work. Sir Anthony Hopkins plays the titular director and before now it was hard … Continue reading →

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Ashton Kutcher To Put On Steve Jobs’ Turtle Neck in Biopic ‘Jobs’

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

When Steve Jobs passed last year there seemed to be a big push to commit his life story to film. Job’s story is incredibly interesting, and he eventually was a key contributor in many cultural milestones. Variety is reporting that the independent production, … Continue reading →

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Take a Look at the New Trailer for Clint Eastwood’s ‘J. Edgar’ With Leonardo DiCaprio

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

For the record, I don’t know all that much about the early years of the infamous J. Edgar Hoover. I do know that he helped make the FBI what it is today but also had some other, more secret, proclivities … Continue reading →

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