The Hollywood Reporter writes that Tillman will develop and direct a biopic tentatively titled Miles (what is it with this guy and eponymous movie titles?), with input from Davis's son Gregory, who authored a tell-all book about his father called Dark Magus: The Jekyll and Hyde Life of Miles Davis in 2006. “Our intention is to make a feature film that will appeal beyond the worldwide audience of Miles Davis die-hard fans, to also include those who don't know the first thing about the man, and introduce new ears to his music,” said Raynes. “In much the same way that Walk The Line and Ray were able to open the world's eyes to the life stories of Johnny Cash and Ray Charles, respectively, we want to make a film that will do the same justice for Miles Davis." more ›

John Gotti Sr.'s ex-BFF is opening up a big bottle of Haterade all over the upcoming Gotti biopic, aka the Greatest Movie Never Made , calling out producers for casting it wrong, all wrong. more ›

The continuing saga of the John Gotti biopic, aka best movie never made, gets one degree weirder today, with the news that John Travolta flew to Queens to kiss John Gotti's ring in preparation for his role as the titular gangster. more ›

The upcoming John Gotti biopic Gotti: In The Shadow Of My Father is shaping up to be one of the greatest trainwrecks of all time, with enough casting shuffles coming to light this week to make filming Apocalypse Now look like a dream vacation. more ›

Recently it was declared to the world that Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl's Dan Humphrey) was cast to play the late musician Jeff Buckley in a biopic that has been in the works for six years.... but that's not really accurate. Here's what we learned today: more ›

The upcoming Jeff Buckley biopic reportedly has a leading man, and while Robert Pattinson was rumored to be "obsessed" with landing the role, he's now been beat out by Gossip Girl's Penn Badgley, who plays Dan Humphrey on the show. more ›

Hilly Kristal, CBGB, and the music scene within the club between 1974 to 1976 will all become the focus of a new biopic. That means you'll be able to journey back to the glory days when the Ramones, Talking Heads, and Patti Smith were all taking the stage at the famous venue. According to Billboard, the birth of punk rock in New York City will be chronicled by producers Brad Rosenberger, Randall Miller, Jody Savin and Kristal's daughter Lisa Kristal Burgman; the film is tentatively titled CBGB. more ›

Every week, it seems, we're hearing about some new development with the upcoming Gotti biopic and its ever-evolving cast and crew—Lindsay Lohan this, Kelly Preston that. But today comes some news that the flick's producer, Marc Fiore, has somehow snagged the Godfather of them all, Al Pacino, to co-star in the flick alongside John Travolta. Just when he thought he was out...they pull him back in! more ›

Talk about keeping it in the family! The seemingly endless saga of upcoming mob biopic "Gotti: Three Generations", which hasn't even started filming yet, takes two more strange turns this week, as more details about the cast and crew come to light. more ›

Just when we were getting psyched to see Linds go all blond and brassy for her role as Victoria Gotti in the upcoming mob biopic Gotti: Three Generations, producer Marc Fiore announced yesterday that he had dropped La Lohan from the project due to "the various demands of her management team getting out of control." We were bummed, because this seemed like the perfect opportunity for Lindsay to return to her Long Island roots; plus we were kind of curious to see her play daddy's little girl to John Travolta, who's been cast as the Dapper Don, John Gotti. But a few hours later, hope returned! more ›

Last year two biopics about John Lennon's assassination made the festival rounds, and are now poised to hit theaters in 2008. One, titled Chapter 27, stars Jared Leto as Mark David Chapman and an actor named Mark Lindsay Chapman portraying John Lennon. While it may be an accurate casting to have Leto playing someone who kills music, his involvement in the film will likely have us choosing the second biopic, The Killing of John Lennon (trailer below). more ›