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Oscar nominee Angela Bassett to direct Whitney Houston biopic

Angela Bassett will make her directorial debut with a Lifetime Original Movie centering on the life of Whitney Houston, according to Variety. The film, which has the working title “Whitney Houston,” is scheduled for a 2015 world premiere. Shem Bitterman wrote the script for Whitney Houston, which chronicles the headline-making relationship between the iconic singer, ….

Michael Pena to play labor organizer Cesar E. Chavez in biopic opposite America Ferrera and Rosario Dawson

Actor Michael Pena will see his dream role become a reality, as the Crash star is set to play 1960s and ’70s labor organizer Cesar E. Chavez in the indie biopic Chavez, which Diego Luna will direct, Variety reports. Ugly Betty’s America Ferrera will co-star as his wife, Helen Chavez, while Rosario Dawson (Sin City) ….

Image and poster gallery from Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar

During his lifetime, J. Edgar Hoover would rise to be the most powerful man in America. As head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly 50 years, he would stop at nothing to protect his country. Through eight presidents and three wars, Hoover waged battle against threats both real and perceived, often bending the ….

Relativity to release biopic Machine Gun Preacher in U.S.

Relativity Media announced today that it has acquired North American rights from Lionsgate to market and distribute the action biopic Machine Gun Preacher. Directed and produced by DGA and Golden Globe-nominee Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Monster’s Ball) and written by Jason Keller (Relativity’s Untitled Snow White Project), the film stars Gerard Butler (300) in a ….

Twilight’s vampire patriarch Peter Facinelli to play crime family king

Titan Worldwide Chairman and CEO Brad Feinstein has announced it will begin shooting the controversial crime epic El Chico Blanco, on location in New Mexico, in June of this year. El Chico Blanco tells the story of Ben Harper, a white outcast raised in the barrio, who ascends to a position of power against all ….