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The story centers on the rise and fall of entrepreneur John DeLorean. After his arrest in 1982, DeLorean presses a defense that he was entrapped by the FBI and is eventually acquitted. Still, his company goes bankrupt after producing only 9,000 automobiles.

A biopic of Snoop Dogg - a bonafide rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, producer, DJ, media personality and entrepreneur.

Follows the childhood of Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams and his career as a playwright.

Taylor Wilson, an exceptionally smart and curious kid, is given the room and encouragement by his "ordinary" parents to nurture his great gifts and passion for nuclear science and experimentation. When his grandmother becomes ill, the 14-year old becomes involved in an attempt to harness the short-lived isotopes that kill cancer cells and then deteriorate before they harm healthy cells, in hopes that the cancer curing isotopes could be generated on site at hospitals and save lives. Taylor later harnesses his discoveries as an alarm system to root out dirty bombs in shipping containers. He becomes the youngest ever to achieve nuclear fusion.

Biopic of heroic lawyer Scipio Africanus Jones who risked his life and career to defend 87 men wrongfully accused of murder in the wake of the Elaine, AR massacre of 1919.

Marco Pierre White has a tumultuous childhood upbringing before becoming a rock star chef in 1980s London.

Based on a true story about the controversial love affair between an oil baron and his adopted daughter destroys the empire they built together.

Mathew Knowles helps his daughters become global superstars and manages both Destiny's Child and the solo careers of Beyoncé and Solange as well as Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland.

Colonel Tom Parker discovers Elvis Presley when he is just an unknown and quickly moves in as his lone representation. Parker is responsible for various milestones, including Presley's record deal with RCA and his successful acting career.

Film explore the history of hip-hop's first superstars, Run-DMC: Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell, who was shot to death in his Queens studio in 2002.

The story of boxing legend Rocky Marciano will come to the big screen in his first authorized biopic, as yet untitled. The film will track Marciano from his Brockton, Mass. childhood up to his death in a plane crash in 1969. He stands as the only champion boxer to retire without a loss.

The story of legendary British war photographer Don McCullin. Working for the Sunday Times from the late 60’s to the early 80’s, he risked his life to photograph the harsh realities of war.

Based on the true story of Chris Paciello, the charismatic Miami nightclub owner, who in the 1990’s became the “King of Miami” and turned South Beach into the hottest party destination in the world.

A 19th-century woman finds fulfillment in the rough realities of San Francisco's Chinatown.

A biopic about Flora Sandes, the only British woman to enlist as a soldier and fight on the frontline in the First World War.

A decades-long affair takes place between William Faulkner and longtime Hollywood script supervisor Meta Carpenter.

Elizabeth Taylor takes on a crusading role in the fight against AIDS, which stems from her hiring of assistant Roger Wall, a gay man who grew up in poverty in the homophobic Deep South, in the mid-1980s.

A biopic about the famed paleontologist and conservationist Richard Leakey. Leaky battles with ivory poachers who threaten the existence of the African elephant population and the very soul of Africa.

A biopic of Rock Hudson, the Hollywood screen icon who lived in fear of the discovery of his gay lifestyle.