Biopic News

Agnieszka Holland has announced her next film will be a biopic about screen icon Marlene Dietrich. Berlinweh – Yearning for a Home will follow Dietrich across four decisive days in four different decades: Paris in 1937, Bergen-Belsen in 1945, Tel Aviv in 1960, and Paris (again) in 1983, focusing on the actress’ complicated relationship with Germany.

Raffaella Leone, the daughter of legendary Italian film director Sergio Leone and co-CEO of Leone Film Group, is producing a biopic about her father’s 15-year struggle to make Once Upon a Time in America, the 1984 classic starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. Italian directorial duo Giuseppe Stasi and Giancarlo Fontana will direct.

Shanghai and Los Angeles based Fundamental Films is currently in the midst of pre-production on Sunset Boulevard – The Anna May Wong Story, with Xin Zhilei cast in the lead role. A biopic about the pioneering Chinese - American actress was previously announced by Working Title films with Gemma Chan attached.