Two Hollywood Blondes Preparing to Play Marilyn Monroe
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Adaptation, Biopics, Casting, Celeb News, Upcoming Releases,
Decades after her death, Marilyn Monroe remains one of the most iconic film stars of all time - and actresses of today still long to be like her. Pretty soon, two of them will get the opportunity to pretend to be like her.
Naomi Watts (The Ring, King Kong) will star as the bombshell in a film adaptation of Blonde, the novel by Joyce Carol Oates. Meanwhile, Michelle Williams (Dawson’s Creek) will be playing Monroe in My Week With Marilyn, which revolves around the filming of the movie The Prince and the Showgirl (a fun, period piece co-starring Laurence Olivier).
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Jake Gyllenhaal Working on Iconic New Role
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Biopics, Sports, Celeb News,
What’s next for the Prince of Persia? How about playing one of America’s greatest heroes? Jake Gyllenhaal spoke to reporters recently about the role he longs to play: Joe Namath.
“I’ve been working on it for a long time, trying to develop that story,” Gyllenhaal said of the project. “It would be a dream to play [football star Joe Namath].”
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Lindsay Lohan Lands Porn Star Role
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Biopics, Drama, Independent, Period, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Upcoming Releases,
UPDATE: Fox411.com is now reporting that Lohan has some “reservations” and has not yet officially signed on.
Lindsay Lohan‘s come a long way since her years as a Disney star. It’s just been confirmed that the troubled actress will play Linda Lovelace in the independent movie Inferno.
Lovelace, real name Linda Susan Boreman, was a porn star best known for her work in 1972’s Deep Throat.
“We’ve all thought that Lindsay would be a great choice for a while now, and we’re all convinced that she is going to do it,” producer Wali Razaqi said. “For at least a year, the director Matthew Wilder and I have gone back and forth imagining how awesome of a performance she could give if she was in the movie.”
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Love Wants McAvoy, Not Pattinson, for Cobain Role
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Universal, Biopics, Drama, Music, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Upcoming Releases,
Courtney Love wants James McAvoy - not Robert Pattinson - to play Kurt Cobain in the biopic of his musician’s life.
Cobain’s widow thinks the Scottish actor would be “great” for the role. If not McAvoy, then Ryan Gosling.
“Isn’t that so stupid, who would cast him? That’s just wrong, no offense,” Courtney said about the Pattinson rumors. “I watched the Twilight stuff very, very recently and I get it, it resonates with the teenage girl in me, I understand epic love of that nature; I write about it all the time. But isn’t that silly?”
The “Celebrity Skin” hitmaker told the Canadian Press she wants casting approval and a say on the script and hopes her producer pal Trudie Styler, Sting’s wife, will act as her “proxy” in making sure the movie is done “right.”
The rocker - who thinks it would be too painful to ever watch the film - claims she will scrap the project altogether if Moon producer Trudie declines to be involved.
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Robert Pattinson May Smell Like Teen Spirit in Cobain Biopic
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Universal, Biopics, Music, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Upcoming Releases,
Robert Pattinson could soon be playing grunge rocker Kurt Cobain in a biopic of the musician’s life. The 23-year-old actor has reportedly been in talks about the project with Courtney Love, Cobain’s widow and a producer on the biopic.
“Courtney has agreed to the film on condition that she gets to decide the main aspects of the project including director, casting, screenplay and music,” a source said. “Robert has been calling and emailing her non-stop. She has been a bit wound up by his manners, but he is her number one choice to play Kurt.”
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Tobey Maguire Signs on for Bobby Fischer Flick
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Columbia Pictures, Biopics, Period, Casting, Celebrity Gossip, Upcoming Releases,
Reports confirm that Tobey Maguire will star as Bobby Fischer in Pawn Sacrifice, a new biopic about the chess legend’s life. The story will primarily focus on Fischer’s famous match against Russian chess champion Boris Spassky. The two played for the World Championship in 1972 during the Cold War.
In the 1970s, Bobby Fischer was the most dominant chess player in the world. He was only 14 when he won his first United States Championship, and still holds a record for achieving the only perfect score in tournament history (63-64 season). Fischer disappeared from the public eye in 1975 and did not re-surface until 1992, when he emerged to play a match against his rival Boris Spassky.
David Fincher has signed on to direct the film.
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Dolly Parton’s Story Coming to Life
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Biopics, Celeb News, Upcoming Releases,
Dolly Parton has revealed that plans are in motion for a biopic about her life.
“I’m working on my life story,” the 64-year-old told British talk show host Alan Titchmarsh. “I’m not decided if it’s going to be a musical or a movie with music in it. I’ve not thought about who will play me - but we need someone little. And if they don’t have enough up top we’ll have to give them a big old boob job.”
Parton is no stranger to the big screen and has starred in several films, including Nine to Five, Steel Magnolias and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. She also served as a writer on TV stories Wild Texas Wind and A Smoky Mountain Christmas.
Recently Dolly admitted her look was unique, but insists people shouldn’t copy her pneumatic blonde style.
The country singer - who has had a number of cosmetic surgery procedures, including having her breasts enlarged to a 40DD cup - said: “It comes from a sincere place. And I ain’t telling people to look like me. I don’t say, ‘Oh you need to have big boobs and overdo your make-up and have nine inch nails. A lot of men think I’m just too artificial, but there are some good ol’ boys out there who don’t.”
Morgan Freeman Hasn’t Received Mandela’s Approval
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Warner Bros, Biopics, Drama, Political,
Nelson Mandela has seen Invictus - but no one knows if he was happy with how he is depicted in the film.
Morgan Freeman, who was just nominated for his portrayal of the former South African president, admits he was left frustrated as the freedom fighter refused to give his opinion after being treated to a special big-screen showing.
“Yes, I know that he has seen it. You know, he won’t say what he thinks of it. So you have to kind of gather from his reactions,” Morgan said over the weekend at the film’s London premiere. “I was sitting next to him and when I first came on the screen he said, ‘I know this fellow.’”
However, the 72-year-old star did confirm that South Africans accepted him playing the legendary historic figure, and even called him by the honorary title bestowed upon elders of Mandela’s clan - Madiba.
“You know, South Africans starting calling me Madiba. I was totally accepted. I remember getting out of a car one time and I was walking into a stadium and someone shouted, ‘You walk like him, you walk like him!’, people were giving me lifts,” Freeman recalled.
Last Station’s Helen Mirren on Her Inspired Performance
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Sony, Biopics, Drama, Period, Celeb News,
Dame Helen Mirren’s Russian heritage inspired her performance in The Last Station.
The Academy Award winning actress, who plays the wife of War and Peace author Leo Tolstoy, Sophya, in the movie, said that her Russian family came from a similar background to the Tolstoys.
“My family very much came from the world that the Tolstoys came from. My family back in Russia came from that level of that kind of a class of intelligence and low aristocracy,” she revealed.
Helen also claimed that the film is visually engaging and many people would be able to immerse themselves in it.
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First Look: KStew and Dakota Rock Out in The Runaways
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Biopics, Drama, Independent, Music, Period, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Trailers, Upcoming Releases, Videos,
We’ve seen Kristen Stewart get into character as Joan Jett for the biopic The Runaways—now we actually get to see her flex those vocal chords in the teaser trailer for the film.
The atypical coming-of-age story focuses on Joan Jett’s relationship with band mate Cherie Currie, played by Stewart’s New Moon co-star Dakota Fanning. While there is no release date as of yet, the movie is expected to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
Are you buying Stewart’s and Fanning’s portrayals of the teenage rockers?
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