With New Edition having a successful miniseries, Jodeci working on their film and 2Pac's movie coming out soon, which artist(s) you feel should deserve their own biopic in the near future? IMO, there's no one I could think of that is more deserving to have their story told than Exposé. Their story is definitely long overdue to be told.

Has there been a Deborah Harry one yet?

Ellie said:

Has there been a Deborah Harry one yet?

There were rumors of a biopic about Blondie but so far it hasn't materialized. Debbie Harry's choice to play herself was Kirsten Dunst.

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Maybe Terence Trent D'Arby?

His story is an interesting one. He moved to Europe, was a soldier, a boxer and rose to stardom in the UK. The film could be mostly about his early years, the very short period of time he was a global superstar and then depict his downfall and his "second life" in Italy.

purplethunder3121 said:

Ellie said:

Has there been a Deborah Harry one yet?

There were rumors of a biopic about Blondie but so far it hasn't materialized. Debbie Harry's choice to play herself was Kirsten Dunst.

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I think the Blondie biopic has been shelved, just like the Marvin Gaye film was. But Kirsten could be perfect to play Madonna.

Generally . . . several of the jazz greats -- Satchmo, Duke, Bird, Monk, Coltrane.

Hendrix deserves a proper biopic.

But . . . perhaps NorthC is right.

TTD

KISS....they could use clowns

namepeace said:

Bird

Didn't Clint Eastwood make a movie about him?

I like Exposé, but I think they're too obscure for a biopic that has to reach a large enough audience to make a profit. An Exposé movie would probably do less business than The Runaways (Joan Jett), and it flopped. I don't think they're interesting enough for a biopic either. Something like Behind The Music or Unsung is good enough for them. But I do think there should be a movie about Latin Freestyle. That's kinda too broad for a scripted movie, so a documentary would probably be better. As far as a girl vocal group goes, The Supremes is probably the best bet. The Andrews Sisters might have been a good candidate 35 years ago, but today most of the audience that would be interested in them are really old or deceased.

I'd like a biopic about Run DMC, Salt N Pepa, or Beastie Boys and maybe Sugarhill Records. I don't really see the Run DMC one happening, unless it ends before Jam Master Jay's death as I don't think the group and Jay's family would want that on there. Since there was one about INXS, then Duran Duran would be cool, but I wonder if Andy Taylor would sign off on it. I guess others like Robert Palmer's estate would have to approve too, because he was in Power Station.

Expose deserves an Unsung but no biopic. How big were they really?

MickyDolenz said:

I like Exposé, but I think they're too obscure for a biopic that has to reach a large enough audience to make a profit. An Exposé movie would probably do less business than The Runaways (Joan Jett), and it flopped. I don't think they're interesting enough for a biopic either. Something like Behind The Music or Unsung is good enough for them. But I do think there should be a movie about Latin Freestyle. That's kinda too broad for a scripted movie, so a documentary would probably be better.

Exposé's story is long overdue to be told and a biopic can fit it perfectly! Unsung has featured Teena Marie and Jon B., but they were strictly R&B and Behind The Music has been off the air for a very long time, so there's no other outlet for them like that, but a biopic. It can be a TV biopic, just like New Edition's miniseries, but it don't have to be that long, maybe a 3 hour movie at best. Maybe on VH1, just like Jodeci. When I talked about an Exposé biopic, I thought of VH1 doing a movie like that, you were probably thinking that I thought of Exposé's story being on the big screen, I didn't have those thoughts at all/.

MickyDolenz said:

namepeace said:

Bird

Didn't Clint Eastwood make a movie about him?

You're right.

I like Exposé, but I think they're too obscure for a biopic that has to reach a large enough audience to make a profit. An Exposé movie would probably do less business than The Runaways (Joan Jett), and it flopped. I don't think they're interesting enough for a biopic either. Something like Behind The Music or Unsung is good enough for them. But I do think there should be a movie about Latin Freestyle. That's kinda too broad for a scripted movie, so a documentary would probably be better. As far as a girl vocal group goes, The Supremes is probably the best bet. The Andrews Sisters might have been a good candidate 35 years ago, but today most of the audience that would be interested in them are really old or deceased.

As the New Edition and Temptations series showed -- along with the Bessie Smith telepic -- TV is perhaps the best format for these types of bios.

I'd like a biopic about Run DMC, Salt N Pepa, or Beastie Boys and maybe Sugarhill Records. I don't really see the Run DMC one happening, unless it ends before Jam Master Jay's death as I don't think the group and Jay's family would want that on there. Since there was one about INXS, then Duran Duran would be cool, but I wonder if Andy Taylor would sign off on it. I guess others like Robert Palmer's estate would have to approve too, because he was in Power Station.

The beginnings of hip-hop would be great material to cover in a miniseries.

I'm guessing Duran Duran would be at least as interesting as NE.

NorthC said:

Nobody! Of you're interested in an artist, listen to the music, read a book, watch a documentary. Last thing we need is an actor playing James Brown or Ray Charles... Hollywood, leave my favourite musicians alone!

I agree with this.I'm getting kinda tired of biopics I'm actually a huge fan of Expose,but I don't necessarily need to see a biopic about them.I'd rather just enjoy their music and see them in concert when they come to my area.

purplethunder3121 said:

Ellie said:

Has there been a Deborah Harry one yet?

There were rumors of a biopic about Blondie but so far it hasn't materialized. Debbie Harry's choice to play herself was Kirsten Dunst.

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Yes, I could see that happening.

Richard Wagner
John Coltrane

Donna's autobiography was very boring, I'm a huge fan but I don't see the cause for a biopic.

There's supposed to be a real biopic about Dionne Warwick filming right now. LeToya Luckett (from the original lineup of Destiny's Child) is playing her. I don't know if it's theatrical or a TV movie. This is an interview from the summer of 2016, the relevant part is at 2:29.

Hudson said:

MickyDolenz said:

namepeace said:

Bird

Didn't Clint Eastwood make a movie about him?

I like Exposé, but I think they're too obscure for a biopic that has to reach a large enough audience to make a profit. An Exposé movie would probably do less business than The Runaways (Joan Jett), and it flopped. I don't think they're interesting enough for a biopic either. Something like Behind The Music or Unsung is good enough for them. But I do think there should be a movie about Latin Freestyle. That's kinda too broad for a scripted movie, so a documentary would probably be better. As far as a girl vocal group goes, The Supremes is probably the best bet. The Andrews Sisters might have been a good candidate 35 years ago, but today most of the audience that would be interested in them are really old or deceased.

I'd like a biopic about Run DMC, Salt N Pepa, or Beastie Boys and maybe Sugarhill Records. I don't really see the Run DMC one happening, unless it ends before Jam Master Jay's death as I don't think the group and Jay's family would want that on there. Since there was one about INXS, then Duran Duran would be cool, but I wonder if Andy Taylor would sign off on it. I guess others like Robert Palmer's estate would have to approve too, because he was in Power Station.

I could see a Def Jam Records movie, similar to Chess in Cadillac Records. The early days of Def Jam with Russell, RUN-DMC, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J and Public Enemy.

Comser said:

Well if there's good stuff she didn't write about then that makes a notable difference. I didn't know her story so the autobiography was all I learned of her past.

lool said:

I know Aretha Franklin is trying to get her biopic off the ground as i speak. I hope she does before she leaves us.

what about a Diana Ross biopic? it would be loaded with drama,lol

There was a time when I thought that Kim Fields would be the perfect actress to play Diana

I'd love to see someone give Sly Stone 1969-71 a shot. If anyone can make sense of what actually happened.

**Long shots of Sly in his room with a drum machine out of his mind on PCP for 2 hours**

hmmm