The Berry Gordy-backed Motown documentary, ‘Hitsville,’ is slated to premiere on August 24th. Showtime’s much-anticipated Motown documentary, Hitsville: The Making of Motown, is now scheduled to broadcast on August 24th. Directed by brothers Gabe and B…
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Michael Jackson Sexual Abuse Documentary Leaving Neverland Receives Five Emmy Nominations
Both Leaving Neverland and Surviving R. Kelly received Emmy nominations. Leaving Neverland, the 2019 HBO documentary that tells the story of two individuals who claim that Michael Jackson sexually abused them as children, has received five Emmy nominat…
Austin Butler Chosen to Play Elvis Presley In Upcoming Warner Bros. Biopic
Austin Butler will star in an Elvis Presley biopic film, directed by Baz Luhrmann for Warner Bros. The studio tested with a handful of actors in full make-up and hair to see who would land the role. Butler will be co-starring alongside Tom Hanks, who i…
Wasting Little Time, Scooter Braun Inks an Exclusive First Look Deal With Amazon Studios
The deal, which involves Braun’s SB Projects, calls for multiple film and TV productions for Amazon Studios. After brokering a $300 million-plus acquisition of Big Machine Label Group and subsequently getting broiled by Taylor Swift, Scooter Braun seem…
Versatile Composer Yurun Wu Is Drawing Acclaim Across Film and Advertising
Known as a versatile and prolific composer, Yurun Wu has sustained and contributed significantly to major studio blockbusters, award-winning films and leading advertising campaigns. A graduate of the prestigious University of Southern California’s Mast…
Vladimir Putin Defends Russia’s Homophobic Censorship of Elton John’s ‘Rocketman’
Several weeks ago, ahead of Rocketman’s release in the country, Russian distributors removed scenes depicting homosexual sex and drug use in the Elton John biopic. At the Moscow premiere, for example, critics found that distributors had cut five minute…
Mucho Mas Media and De Line Productions Set to Produce Jenni Rivera Biopic
With her family’s support, the late Jenni Rivera’s life will be made into a movie. Mucho Mas Media and De Line Productions will produce the movie, a biopic of the famed Mexican-American singer and songwriter. Both companies acquired her life rights fr…
Kid Cudi Named Co-Star In Upcoming ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’ Movie
Kid Cudi will co-star in the upcoming Bill & Ted: Face the Music movie, alongside Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. It looks like Cudi has a pretty significant role in the film. The upcoming movie is expected to release on August 21st, 2020. Alex Winte…
T.I. Tapped to Star In Flint Water Documentary Produced by Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment
Rapper/actor T.I. just secured a significant film role. The multidimensional rapper will star in a feature-length work about Flint, Michigan’s water crisis. The movie is (tentatively) entitled Flint, and it will be produced by Will Smith’s studio, Over…
Netflix’s Bob Dylan Biopic, Rolling Thunder Revue, Is Ready — Here’s the Trailer
Netflix revealed the first trailer for Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story, a biopic directed by Martin Scorsese. The documentary arrives on June 12th and will accompany a new release. Scorsese’s documentary is the second time the renowned directo…