Get ready for a cinematic journey through the most anticipated biopics coming to theaters! From music legends to sports icons, we're diving into the exciting world of upcoming biographical films that will bring incredible life stories to the big screen.
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00:00What do you mean come down off the trapeze into the sawdust?
00:04Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at all the exciting biopics coming our way.
00:09Hey, well here, I'll give you something to talk about.
00:11Yes, yes.
00:11The Britney biopic.
00:12What can you tell us about that?
00:13Well, that's very-
00:14How involved is she?
00:15Michael.
00:16Have you started filming that yet?
00:18Yes, we've been filming about two months and a half.
00:20Yeah.
00:22Got about four months to go.
00:23Currently scheduled for a late 2025 release,
00:26the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic is certain to be one of the most highly anticipated movies
00:31of the year.
00:32The film is set to explore the King of Pop's life and is directed by Antoine Fuqua.
00:38Jafar Jackson, son of Michael's brother Jermaine Jackson,
00:41will be portraying the adult version of the star.
00:50Rounding out the cast, Coleman Domingo and Nia Long are playing Jackson's parents,
00:54along with Miles Teller as his former manager, John Branca.
00:58At this time, there's no word yet as to whether the film will depict
01:01Jackson's controversial legal matters.
01:03It's not what the tabloids have printed.
01:05It's not all this crazy outlandish-
01:07No, it's not at all.
01:08I mean, the terms of the agreement are very confidential.
01:10Deliver Me From Nowhere.
01:12Set to release in 2025, this biopic is bringing Bruce Springsteen to the big screen.
01:18Based on Warren Zane's book of the same name,
01:20the film follows the born-in-the-USA singer's journey
01:23crafting his groundbreaking album, Nebraska.
01:26Jeremy Allen White, star of The Bear,
01:29is stepping out of the kitchen and into the recording studio to portray him.
01:47On set, photos of White have made the rounds online,
01:55and it's looking like the Emmy winner is a good match for the boss.
01:58Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser,
02:00Mark Maron, and Gabby Hoffman are also set to appear in the film.
02:09Janis Joplin.
02:10Get it while you can.
02:18At one time, Amy Adams was set to play Janis Joplin in a new biopic.
02:22However, years later, it seems the project has shifted gears
02:26with a new actress stepping into the role.
02:28Big Little Lies star Shailene Woodley is on the docket to play the legendary rocker,
02:32who passed away at only 27 years old.
02:47Linda Perry, a collaborator on the project,
02:50stated that the film will follow the final days of Joplin's life.
02:53Still in the early stages of development,
02:56neither a release date nor a shooting schedule have been revealed yet.
03:00Seven years in the making for us,
03:02and now we finally got to share it with the world.
03:05And the whole experience has been incredible from day one to now,
03:09and we have a long way to go.
03:11Untitled Fred Astaire biopic.
03:18Brushing off my tails.
03:21When Tom Holland made his unforgettable appearance on Lip Sync Battle,
03:25it became very clear that the actor has a knack for dancing.
03:28In fact, the Spider-Man star studied dance at a young age
03:32and even starred as the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical.
03:35It took me about two, two and a half years to actually get onto the stage.
03:41Most ballet classes in electricity, it's very strict.
03:46But in acro, we can just like do what we want, muck around a bit.
03:50Given his experience and training,
03:53it's no surprise he would be a natural choice
03:55to portray one of the greatest dancers of all time, Fred Astaire.
03:59In 2023, Holland said the project was in, quote, development.
04:04Here's hoping it's shuffled into production
04:05because we would love to see Holland bring his moves to the big screen.
04:13Untitled Linda Ronstadt biopic.
04:17Hi.
04:232024 was a big year for Selena Gomez.
04:26Not only did she become engaged to her boyfriend, Benny Blanco,
04:30she also received two Golden Globe nominations
04:32for her roles in Emilia Perez and Only Murders in the Building.
04:36Girl, you are just in your acting bag right now.
04:38How good does that feel?
04:40Actually, unbelievable.
04:41This is where my heart deeply, deeply lies.
04:45So I'm so happy.
04:46In addition to those milestones,
04:482024 also gifted Gomez her next big project, a Linda Ronstadt biopic.
04:53Directed by David O. Russell,
04:55Gomez is set to star as the Blue Bayou singer.
04:58Not much else has been revealed about the project at this point,
05:01but it's looking like 2025 will be another stellar year for Gomez.
05:06I think that this was a wonderful stepping stone
05:10into hopefully showing people how much I care
05:13and I'm willing to go there as a performer.
05:17And it's so liberating.
05:19So I just hope there's more projects to come.
05:22I have a sneaking suspicion there absolutely will be.
05:24Untitled Beatles biopic.
05:26Aren't we going in then?
05:27No, let's not.
05:29Oh, come on, lads.
05:29Don't be windy.
05:30Where's that famous pluck?
05:32I haven't got any of you, George.
05:33Did have.
05:34I have had.
05:35I will have.
05:35We don't.
05:36Director Sam Mendes is gearing up to bring
05:38one of the biggest bands of all time to the silver screen.
05:42In a four-part biopic film series,
05:44Mendes will tell the story of the Beatles,
05:47with each film focusing on a specific member of the quartet.
05:50But who will play the Fab Four?
05:52You played guitar, right?
05:53Uh-huh.
05:54Still do.
05:56Still do.
05:57You should come see us.
05:58Rumors and unofficial statements have been swirling around online.
06:02Some outlets are reporting that Paul Meskel may play Paul McCartney,
06:06Harris Dickinson as John Lennon,
06:07and Barry Kilgan as Ringo Starr.
06:10It's also been speculated that both Joseph Quinn and Charlie Rowe
06:13are contenders to play George Harrison.
06:15No matter who is in the final cast,
06:17cannot wait to see this project come together.
06:20Come together
06:23Right now
06:26Over me
06:27The Smashing Machine
06:28The second the bell rings,
06:31you can just look at some people and you can just tell
06:35they're scared to death.
06:36Hot off 2023's sports biopic The Iron Claw,
06:39A24 is ready to get back into the ring with their upcoming project,
06:43The Smashing Machine.
06:44Based on the life of the iconic mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr,
06:48the film is directed and written by Uncut Gems co-director Benny Safdie.
07:09The film will reunite Disney's Jungle Cruise co-stars Dwayne The Rock Johnson as Kerr,
07:14and Emily Blunt as his ex-wife Dawn Staples.
07:17Production ended in the summer of 2024,
07:19and the picture is expected to hit theaters sometime in 2025.
07:27Untitled Christy Martin Biopic
07:29Regarded as one of the most successful female athletes in the history of boxing,
07:34Christy Martin's life story is about to become a major motion picture.
07:38How can this be? I'm from a town of 500 people in southern West Virginia,
07:42and here I am in the middle of this huge fight on a pay-per-view show.
07:46Euphoria Sidney Sweeney will portray Martin in the film,
07:49which will follow her rise to fame as a boxer in the 90s.
07:53The film is also expected to depict the attempted murder of Martin by her former husband
07:58in a brutal attack which he later served time for.
08:01Thank God a motorist stopped by and picked me up and took me to the emergency room.
08:06The doctors there, after seeing my leg,
08:09they wondered how I walked, how I was able to run out of the house.
08:15Was I ever going to walk again?
08:17Sweeney posted photos in costume as the boxer on her Instagram.
08:20Sporting muscles and brown hair,
08:22Sweeney bears a striking resemblance to the coal miner's daughter,
08:26and we're sure she's got the fighting skills to match.
08:28There was a lot of hard punches, proud to say his name.
08:32She gave everybody the money's worth.
08:36So, it is now for you to reclaim our lost honor.
08:42Yes, I understand.
08:45There's a man here. You will go to him.
08:48In 2022, it was revealed that Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee
08:52was set to direct his son, Mason Lee, in a new Bruce Lee biopic.
08:56Bruce, an actor, director, and martial artist,
08:59took Hollywood by storm in the 1960s and early 70s
09:03thanks to his roles in films like Enter the Dragon and shows like The Green Hornet.
09:07How would you stop us?
09:15Kung fu? Isn't that the traditional way?
09:18Bruce's wife and daughter were the ones who reached out to Ang,
09:21hoping he would take on the project.
09:24In 2024, the Brokeback Mountain director stated
09:27that he hopes to make the movie, quote, soon.
09:29What's your style?
09:31My style?
09:34You can call it the art of fighting without fighting.
09:37The art of fighting without fighting?
09:40Show me some of it. Later.
09:43Tony.
09:44Did you save room for dessert?
09:46Yeah, what's that?
09:48That's our signature dessert, Cherry's Jubilee.
09:51Sounds great.
09:53Bring the young vandal here, Cherry's Jubilee.
09:55Breakout star of The Holdovers, Dominic Sessa,
09:58is preparing to take on a new challenge
10:00by potentially playing the late star chef, Anthony Bourdain.
10:03In the summer of 2024,
10:05outlets broke the news that A24 was in talks to produce the biopic,
10:09scouting BlackBerry director Matt Johnson to helm it.
10:12There's not much news on the street about the project yet,
10:15but fingers crossed it all goes ahead.
10:17I had a high enough opinion of myself that I thought,
10:21um, it's worth going forward.
10:25Otis and Zelma.
10:27In late 2024, it was announced the legendary singer-songwriter
10:31Otis Redding would be immortalized on the big screen.
10:39The voice behind iconic songs like Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
10:42will be portrayed by Star Wars alum, John Boyega.
10:45The film, currently titled Otis and Zelma,
10:48will not only follow Redding,
10:49but also his marriage to Zelma Redding,
10:52who will be played by Till's Danielle Deadweiler.
10:55Otis's tragic and untimely death in a plane crash at just 26 years old
10:59left a major impact on the world of music.
11:01With a love story at its center,
11:03the film is sure to pack an emotional punch.
11:18Untitled Dionne Warwick biopic.
11:28The voice behind some of the greatest love songs of all time,
11:32Dionne Warwick's story is ready for the silver screen.
11:35At this time, not much is known about the project,
11:39other than that Warwick personally selected singer-actress
11:42Teyana Taylor to play her.
11:43What the world needs right now might be love, sweet love,
11:48but what I think it really needs is more of Miss Dionne Warwick, yeah!
11:53Both artists have publicly shared their admiration for each other,
11:57so we can be sure that this project will be made with lots of love and care.
12:01She's had a wonderful career, you know,
12:03and I think right now it's about making her feel as safe as possible
12:06to be able to tell her story,
12:09because a lot of these stories get misconstrued
12:11or extremely dramatized to an extent,
12:15and that's not like really where we want to go.
12:18Untitled Britney Spears biopic.
12:26What could be more exciting than a biopic about the one and only Britney Spears?
12:31The Princess of Pop's discography and life story would make for an epic film,
12:35but it may or may not become a reality.
12:38In 2024, media outlets reported that the rights for Spears's biography
12:42The Woman and Me were bought by Universal,
12:44with Wicked director Jon M. Chu possibly set to direct.
12:48I haven't really started anything fully yet.
12:50We are, um, so, so, so, but she will be very involved in this.
12:55So I have ideas and things of an approach and things,
12:57but we, uh, it's very, very early.
12:59As excitement built, the singer took to her social media
13:02to state that the project was happening,
13:04but the film won't be a biopic.
13:06Despite conflicting reports,
13:08a potential collab between Chu and Spears
13:11sounds like a match made in cinematic heaven.
13:13Have we talked to Britney?
13:14Yes, I'm very, I'm very excited about it.
13:16I think there's, um, huge potential about telling a great story,
13:20one that she deserves, but I'll say it, I'll leave it at that.
13:2372.
13:24This is the best game I've ever had.
13:26Come on, Ralph, hear what you say.
13:28This is good.
13:28A biopic about comedy legend and family feud host Steve Harvey
13:32is in the works under the title 72.
13:35The name is inspired by the timeframe in which the story will take place,
13:39three days before his life-changing stand-up performance
13:42at the Apollo Theater in the early 90s.
13:44And that was my turn back moment.
13:46See, in your life, everybody has a turn back moment.
13:51You have a moment where you could go forward or you can give up.
13:55But the thing you have to keep in mind before you give up
13:59is that if you give up, the guarantee is it will never happen.
14:05No cast, writers, or director are currently attached to the project,
14:09but survey says this is definitely going to be a fun one to watch out for.
14:1373.
14:14Untitled Martin Luther King Jr. biopic.
14:16This nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creeds.
14:23We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.
14:29Depicted on screen in films like Selma and Rustin,
14:32Dr. King is a seminal figure with a story that continues to inspire and uplift.
14:37In 2023, it was reported that comedian Chris Rock
14:41was preparing to direct a biopic about the late civil rights leader
14:44along with Steven Spielberg as the executive producer.
14:47Based on Jonathan Ige's biography, King, A Life,
14:50no other details about the project have been revealed.
14:53Because I had this opportunity to interview people who knew King well,
14:56because there were thousands of pages of new FBI documents,
14:58because we're living in a world in which everything he warned about has come true,
15:04we desperately needed a new biography.
15:05Untitled Queen Latifah biopic.
15:07I bring wrath to those who disrespect me like a dame.
15:10That's why I'm talking.
15:11One day I was walking down the block.
15:13I had my cutoff shorts on, right?
15:15Born Dana Elaine Owens, the artist better known as Queen Latifah
15:19has built a career that has covered everything from music to film to makeup.
15:23The Academy Award nominee revealed in 2024 that a film based on her life is in the works.
15:29Teaming up with Westbrook Studios and Jesse Collins Entertainment,
15:32Latifah's film is set to be one of the many movies
15:35about hip-hop icons that the company's plan on producing.
15:38Will Smith is also joining the team as a producer,
15:41with additional details still yet to be disclosed.
15:43Wait, you saying you want a Neve?
15:45Yo.
15:46Like to be on a Neve board was like a holy grail,
15:49to have 48 tracks?
15:50Absolutely.
15:51Unheard of.
15:52Unheard of.
15:52I don't know those budgets.
15:53Untitled Richard Simmons biopic.
15:56Everyone's trying crazy diets or most people want to do without the exercise,
15:59but you know it's 10% eating and it's 10% exercise and it's 80% motivation
16:05and that's why God made me!
16:08In 2024, comedian Pauly Shore starred in a short film The Court Jester.
16:13In the film, which played at Sundance,
16:16Shore portrays the late fitness coach and TV personality Richard Simmons.
16:20What's my first rule?
16:22Like yourself, okay?
16:24Like yourself.
16:25Your weight doesn't matter.
16:27If you like yourself, you're gonna be fine.
16:30After its premiere,
16:31Shore sought to create a feature-length biopic about Simmons.
16:34However, before Simmons passed,
16:36he publicly stated that he did not approve of the project,
16:39but was in talks with studios to do another biopic on his terms.
16:44After his death,
16:45Simmons' family also spoke out against it.
16:47Only time will tell if the project gets made.
16:55We're gonna turn around now!
16:56Untitled Elon Musk biopic
16:58Anybody in this room on the planet who doesn't have an opinion about Elon Musk
17:02and you who may know him better than anybody in the world now
17:05managed to write 600 pages
17:07and I actually don't know exactly what you think of him.
17:10I learned all kinds of things about him,
17:13but you've written a Rorschach test.
17:15Author Walter Isaacson is no stranger
17:17to having his biographies adapted for the big screen.
17:20In 2015, his book Steve Jobs was adapted by Aaron Sorkin
17:24and turned into a film under the same name,
17:26directed by Danny Boyle.
17:28Next up, his bio about controversial tech billionaire Elon Musk
17:32is slated to be turned into a film by A24.
17:35Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky is set to helm the project.
17:38I couldn't sit here and answer what it means,
17:40but I know people are always gonna come back to stories.
17:45Untitled James Baldwin biopic
17:48I write the essays, I write the books.
17:50And what you make of them is...
17:52What if you don't make of those things?
17:55It's not, you know, it's not to me.
17:56The late civil rights icons works,
17:58like If Beale Street Could Talk,
18:00have already been adapted into films.
18:02But now it's time for his own story to shine.
18:05His life will be the basis of a screenplay
18:07co-written by Poe star Billy Porter,
18:10who will also play the prolific writer and activist.
18:12He's one of the first people who I saw who looked like me.
18:17You know, who represented me in the fullness.
18:20You know, black and queer and present and,
18:24you know, his writing's unapologetic.
18:26The book, James Baldwin, A Biography,
18:28written by Baldwin's friend David Leeming,
18:30will serve as inspiration for the film.
18:33Untitled Candy Darling biopic
18:36Director Zachary Drucker is gearing up
18:37to bring Candy Darling's life to the big screen.
18:40I don't like a set look, you know.
18:44I don't like anything that looks too set.
18:45I like things little and things that move.
18:49I think things that move are beautiful.
18:50The trans icon and noted Andy Warhol superstar
18:54appeared in Warhol's films Flesh and Women in Revolt,
18:57and later made a splash in New York's theater scene.
19:00The film was originally announced in 2019.
19:04Hari Neff was cast as Darling,
19:06and John Cameron Mitchell signed on to produce in 2024.
19:09I'd like to be the daddy to kind of create the place that it happens.
19:14Be like the architect?
19:15Yeah, but I hate to micromanage.
19:16I'm like, what do you, you know, what do you got?
19:18What do you got to bring to the party?
19:20Untitled Nat King Cole biopic
19:29Coleman Domingo has proven himself
19:31to be one of the strongest actors around,
19:34and he's about to prove that point yet again with his newest project.
19:38Domingo is gearing up to play singer Nat King Cole in a film about his life.
19:42Not only that, but it's also been reported
19:44that the Sing Sing actor has co-written the screenplay and is set to direct.
19:48Sounds like for Domingo, the project will be an unforgettable experience.
19:53Come to expect some of Nat King Cole's rich catalog of music.
19:58Come to expect that, but also come to expect
20:02that you'll never hear the songs the same way again.
20:05Blue Moon
20:13Jammed with an all-star cast including Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, and Andrew Scott,
20:18Blue Moon is set to dazzle audiences in 2025.
20:22From the mind of Richard Linklater,
20:24the film follows the last days of lyricist Lorenz Hart of the famous duo Rogers and Hart.
20:28I think he was a tremendously skilled man.
20:32He knew more about rhyming than almost anybody I've ever known.
20:35And he loved to do it.
20:36This is a very good, good form of showing off
20:40because he could rhyme things that nobody else would dare touch.
20:43According to reports, a big part of the film will take place
20:46on the opening night of the musical Oklahoma,
20:49a project that Richard Rogers wrote with Oscar Hammerstein.
20:52A behind-the-scenes theatrical drama,
20:54it looks like musical theater fans will be lining up for this one.
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21:21Swiped
21:22Based on the life of entrepreneur Whitney Wolf Hurd,
21:25Swiped is set to join the ranks of other popular tech biopics like The Social Network.
21:36In the upcoming 2025 film, Lily James plays Hurd,
21:44the founder and previous CEO of the increasingly popular dating app Bumble.
21:49She's joined by co-star Dan Stevens in the Rachel Lee Goldenberg flick,
21:53which will stream on Hulu.
21:55Unfortunately, not much else is known about the project at this point,
21:59but we're definitely planning to swipe right on it.
22:06Who's life story are you most excited to see on the big screen?
22:11Be sure to let us know in the comments.
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