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A biopic about Alina Fernandez, Fidel Castro's exiled daughter.
A biopic (in the vein of The Social Network) on Martin Cooper, referred to as “the father of the cell phone,” who is credited with inventing the first handheld cellular device at Motorola.
Story of world champion boxer Christy Martin who had to fight through a man’s world to gain success and later personally found herself fighting for her life.
Follows the life of Crazy Eddie Antar, as he launches the successful Crazy Eddie chain and becomes the consumer electronics king, only to wind up serving six years in prison for fraud.
For over a decade, through the cyclist's recovery from deadly cancer to his capturing seven Tour de France titles, Lance Armstrong vehemently denies the allegations of doping. But he eventually falls on his sword and confesses in a January 2012 interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Set against the backdrop of the making of Star Wars, Peter Mayhew tries to balance a career as a hospital worker while chasing Hollywood dreams by playing furry suited alien Chewbacca, who goes on to become one of the most iconic screen sidekicks in modern times.
Tom Hiddleston will play renowned war photographer Robert Capa, Hayley Atwell the acclaimed photojournalist Gerda Taro. Born Andrei Friedman and Gerta Pohorylle, Capa and Taro reinvented themselves after fleeing the Nazis in 1934 to Paris, where they built a life together. It was there, after the war, that the two would create the Magnum photo agency in 1947.
Dartanyon Crockett, legally blind yet the best wrestler on a high school team, carries Leroy Sutton, who had lost both his legs in a train accident when he was 11, to practices and meets. Sutton graduated from college and Crockett won a bronze medal at the 2012 Paralympic Games.
Steve Banerjee goes from pumping gas in Culver City to running a high-end nightclub that evolves into Chippendales. After hiring a New York choreographer to polish the all-male dance troupe, Banerjee becomes wildly rich, as well as unreasonably competitive and paranoid. Banerjee hires a hitman to murder the choreographer when negotiations go sour. After being arrested, Banerjee dies in jail awaiting his trial.
Fred Allen is a boy born poor and hungry in rural Georgia’s infamous cotton mills with a musical gift. As an adult, he turns to the professional music scene. He climbs the ladder of success, gets married, becomes a father and scholar, and establishes an enviable reputation as a musical genius. Eventually his past catches up with him and he has to pursue his dreams of fame and success, or love.
Follows the life and times of the late Greek opera star, Maria Callas.
Carrie Hamilton is the daughter of Carol Burnett, one of the most beloved figures on television and in film. Carrie journeys from teenage drug addiction to her sober adult life where she finds happiness and success as an actress and a writer before her untimely passing from cancer at age 38.
Mike May, a man who was blinded at age 3 and regains his vision at age 46 after an experimental surgery involving stem cells.
Follows the story of Mike Tyson’s legendary trainer Cus D’Amato.
Sue Mengers crashes the boys club that is Hollywood agenting, brandishing an outsized personality to go with her famous client list.
A cartoonist falls in love with a celebrity restaurateur and as she is planning their wedding she suddenly is diagnosed with breast cancer and also realizes that she has let her health insurance lapse. Her friends -- stylists, gossip columnists, and designers -- rally around her and strive to get her married on time.
Robert Capa was one of the most famous war photographers of the 20th century. "Capa", a biopic starring Adrien Brody, will tell the story of his relationship with fellow photographer Gerda Taro (Natalie Portman) during the Spanish civil war.
In the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, record producer James William Guercio runs recording studio Caribou Records. From around 1971 to 1985, Caribou is the site of recordings by, among others, Chicago, Amy Grant, Joe Walsh, Paul McCartney and Elton John. John even titled one album after the studio. The facilities are destroyed by a fire in 1985.
At age 17, Casey Connor, a promising singer-dancer, put her career aspirations aside to raise her 12-year-old sister following the death of their parents. She winds up accelerating her high school courses to graduate early and runs their mother's daycare center out of their Brooklyn home to pay down the family's debts. Her career dreams take off after a chance encounter with a talent manager lands her spinning gigs at New York City nightclubs and Los Angeles events.
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow deals with drugs, depression, promiscuous sex, jail, and suicidal depression along with his success as a four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and winning the 2005 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions. His nickname comes from his affinity for razzing other players during poker games.