biopic
a biographical movie or TV show.
Origin of biopic
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It may take liberties with certain facts, as almost every biopic must.
Jennifer Hudson Makes a Dazzling Aretha Franklin in the Satisfying and Potent Respect | Stephanie Zacharek | August 12, 2021 | TimeHowever, the six-part series Blockbuster by former investigative journalist Matt Schrader is a compelling audio biopic through the origins of Star Wars, Jaws and the movie revolution of the mid-1970s.
These biopics can range from illuminating to insanely over-the-top.
10 made-for-TV biopics to watch, from the striking ‘Mahalia’ to the viral ‘Wendy Williams’ | Bethonie Butler | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostIt’s sad to say, but it’s probably best that Franklin did not live to see this series or the upcoming biopic “Respect,” due for a summer release, in which Jennifer Hudson will star as the Queen of Soul.
New Aretha bioseries dramatizes singer’s turbulent life | Joey DiGuglielmo | March 19, 2021 | Washington BladeThe biopic is being produced by Jami McCoy-Lankford of Hillionaire Productions and Global Genesis Group, with the script written by Gregory Blair.
Raven Goodwin Is Hattie McDaniel For ‘Behind The Smile’ Biopic | Stephanie Dunivan | January 7, 2021 | Essence.com
Selma becomes a biopic in which the hero shines while those who worked beside him are overlooked or relegated to the sidelines.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’ | Gary May | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAaron Sorkin is frustrated that his Steve Jobs biopic fell apart.
A Few Great Men Too Many: Aaron Sorkin Doesn’t Think You Can Handle the Truth | Arthur Chu | December 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe live in a world where a J. Edgar Hoover biopic got made before a Martin Luther King Jr. one.
Ava DuVernay on ‘Selma,’ the Racist Sony Emails, and Making Golden Globes History | Marlow Stern | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of the more fascinating projects I read about that never came to fruition was your Howard Hughes biopic starring Jim Carrey.
Christopher Nolan Uncut: On ‘Interstellar,’ Ben Affleck’s Batman, and the Future of Mankind | Marlow Stern | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a strange coincidence, the Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything opened the same weekend as Interstellar.
Christopher Nolan Uncut: On ‘Interstellar,’ Ben Affleck’s Batman, and the Future of Mankind | Marlow Stern | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for biopic
/ (ˈbaɪəʊˌpɪk) /
informal a film based on the life of a famous person, esp one giving a popular treatment
Origin of biopic
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