News

AMC+ is a unique streaming service because it offers great original dramas and access to three smaller streamers: horror hub Shudder, and independent films from IFC Films Unlimited and Sundance Now. Normally, those three smaller streamers would cost nearly $19/month on their own, but they come free with AMC+.

We’ll break down all the ways to watch AMC+, including a brand new option that is a great choice for fans of live TV.

7-Day Free Trial $4.99+ / month amc+ via amazon.com

What Can You Watch on AMC+?

How Much Does AMC+ Cost?

What Are Your AMC+ Subscription Options?

What Can You Watch on AMC+?

AMC+ includes originals like “Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire,” Anne Rice’s “Mayfair Witches,” “Gangs of London,” “Dark Winds,” “The North Water,” “Monsieur Spade,” “Parish,” and “Snowpiercer.”

Subscribers also get classic shows that first aired on AMC: “Mad Men,” “Killing Eve,” “The Killing,...

Exclusive: Slow Burn is one of the most popular podcast franchises with seasons on Watergate and the impeachment of President Clinton as well as a TV adaptation on MGM+.

Slate is now supersizing the audio series by ordering two seasons at once. The company is preparing a seasons on the Briggs Initiative—the country’s first statewide referendum on gay rights as well as Fox News.

The idea is the two seasons will appeal to both long-term Slow Burn fans as well as new listeners who are interested in news and politics but are looking for a different way into the discussions as the country heads closer to a Presidential election.

Derek John, Executive Producer of Narrative Podcasts at Slate, told Deadline that these stories will appeal to both the “most politically-engaged” listeners as well as “those who have become disillusioned with day-to-day coverage”.

“Our goal with Slow Burn is...

The arrest of Duane “Keefe D” Davis, a former Southside Crips gang leader, in the murder of Tupac Shakur on Sept. 29, over 27 years after the legendary rapper’s killing in Las Vegas, sent shockwaves across the world. For over a decade, Keefe D had confessed that he’d ordered the murder, was in the car that pulled up next to the BMW carrying Tupac, and that his nephew Orlando Anderson, a fellow Crip who’d gotten into a scrap with Tupac hours earlier at the MGM Grand Hotel, had fired...

Duane Davis, a former gang member known as Keffe D, was indicted on one count of murder with a deadly weapon by a Nevada grand jury Friday.

The victim: Tupac Shakur.

It’s a case that has made national headlines since 1996 when it took place and has been the subject of a multitude of documentaries and scripted projects.

Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur, directed by Allen Hughes, one-time friend and one-time foe of Tupac’s, was the most high-profile recent series, having premiered in April. The series focuses on Tupac’s relationship with his mother Afeni, a Black Panther activist, rather than his death.

Hughes told Deadline that today was a “great day for the family.”

He revealed that when he was pitching the project around Hollywood, he had a different subtitle: This Is Not A Murder Investigation.

“[Dear Mama] was very matter of fact, very frank about what happened.

Updated, 12:14 Pm: A Clark County grand jury handed down a murder indictment today against the man arrested earlier in connection with the killing of Tupac Shakur. Duane “Keefe D” Davis is accused of gunning down the storied rapper on the Las Vegas Strip in 1996. District Judge Jerry Wiese ordered Davis, 60, a reputed gang member, held without bail.

In court, Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc Digiacomo announced the charge of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang. He referred to Davis as the “on-ground, on-sight commander” and “shot caller” in a revenge plot against Shakur, Death Row Records founder Suge Knight and the label.

Previously, 10:17 Am: Police in Las Vegas have arrested a man in connection with the 1996 killing of fabled rapper Tupac Shakur, according to the Associated Press.

Citing two officials with firsthand knowledge of the case, the news...

Local authorities have confirmed that Las Vegas Metropolitan Police served a search warrant on Monday in nearby Henderson, Nevada related to the unsolved 1996 shooting of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur on the Las Vegas Strip. That, according to multiple reports.

“The search warrant that we conducted is in connection with the Tupac Shakur case,” Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Jason Johansson told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

“It has been a while” since the shooting, Johansson said. “It’s a case that’s gone unsolved and hopefully one day we can change that.”

Shakur was 25 when he was gunned down near the Las Vegas Strip. The musician was struck by two rounds in the chest, one in the arm and one in the thigh while sitting in a vehicle on the night of the Mike Tyson-Bruce Seldon fight. He died at a hospital six days later.

The events of that evening...

An array of the most acclaimed documentaries of the last 50 years bear the stamp of one singular talent: Joan Churchill, filmmaker and cinematographer.

Her first credit, in 1970, came as a camera operator on Gimme Shelter, the classic documentary about the Rolling Stones at Altamont directed by the Maysles Brothers and Charlotte Zwerin. She’s been shooting films ever since, including Jimi at Berkeley (1971); Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll (1987); Kurt & Courtney (1998); Biggie & Tupac (2002); Shut Up & Sing, the 2006 doc about the Dixie Chicks, and the Oscar-nominated Last Days in Vietnam (2014).

She also co-directed a number of award-winning films with her former husband Nick Broomfield, including Soldier Girls (1981); Lily Tomlin (1986); Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003), and 2011’s Sarah Palin: You Betcha!

In honor of her career in cinema, Churchill is being recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award at Doc NYC, the country’s largest all-documentary festival, which opens today.

Nearly two decades on from the release of his controversial 2002 opus Biggie & Tupac, British filmmaker Nick Broomfield is revisiting the story of the iconic, titular American rappers. In the BBC- and Abacus Media Rights-backed Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie & Tupac, currently available through Gravitas Ventures on digital platforms, Broomfield delves into fresh testimony about the potential involvement of the LAPD and Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight in the murders of Smalls and Shakur. Rather than relying on a single smoking gun to propel the story forward, the documentary instead offers a panoramic […]

The post “This is Dangerous, Murky Water”: Nick Broomfield on Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie & Tupac first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

It was 19 years ago that Nick Broomfield, that spiky and compelling one-man band of documentary filmmakers, released “Biggie & Tupac” (2002), his chilling, no-frills, down-the-mean-streets-of-Compton investigative look into the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls.

The movie arrived at a moment when Broomfield had begun to style himself as a kind of high-end tabloid detective, plumbing the mysteries behind such sensational stories as the rise of Heidi Fleiss (“Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam”), the suicide of Kurt Cobain (“Kurt & Courtney”), and the life and death of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos (Broomfield made not one but two films about her). “Biggie & Tupac” didn’t present definitive evidence of anything, but it offered what was at the time a groundbreaking portrait of life at Death Row Records, the underworld music empire presided over by the gangsta entrepreneur Suge Knight. It was a movie that dove into key questions and pushed them further and further,...

It’s been 24 and 23 years since the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur, respectively, were brutally gunned down, and their deaths have become the grist for so many narrative features and documentaries that some filmmakers are now returning for seconds. British director Nick Broomfield first explored the crimes in his 2002 doc “Biggie and Tupac,” which has long been seen as the standard-bearer when it comes to films on this oft-visited subject. So why, then, is he returning to the same landscape now?

Based on its title, “Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie & Tupac” looks to recontextualize the case by positing that Death Row Records founder, Marion “Suge” Knight, was the instigator of one murder. But Broomfield’s focus ends up being far too scattered. For a while it’s a biographical doc: At times he seems more interested in how a man like Knight,...

Gravitas Ventures has secured the U.S. rights to Nick Broomfield’s documentary “Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie & Tupac.”

The distributor will release the film, which is a sequel of sorts to the British filmmaker’s notorious 2002 docu “Biggie & Tupac,” in U.S. theaters this fall before seeking a home on a major streaming platform. The doc is currently slated to hit cinemas on Aug. 20.

“Last Man Standing” presents a comprehensive history of the tragic rap feud some 25 years on, while also examining more recent allegations made by former LAPD detective Russel Poole that the murder of 24-year-old Christopher Wallace — who is better known as Biggie Smalls or The Notorious B.I.G. — was commissioned by Knight, with the help of corrupt LAPD officers.

Wallace died in March 1997 after being shot four times in a Los Angeles drive-by shooting, six months after the...

Nick Broomfield returns to the deaths of the two titans of 90s gangsta rap, and the disturbing influence of record label boss Suge Knight

Nearly 20 years ago, Nick Broomfield released his sensational documentary Biggie and Tupac, in which he uncovered hidden facts about the violent deaths of US rappers Tupac Shakur and Christopher “Biggie” Wallace, and found that intimate witnesses to this murderous bicoastal feud were willing to open up to a diffident, soft-spoken Englishman in ways they never would to an American interviewer. Since then, there have been two very unedifying movies about Tupac: the sugary docu-hagiography Tupac: Resurrection (2003), produced by the late rapper’s mother, and the similarly reverential drama All Eyez on Me (2017).

Now Broomfield returns to the same subject, updating his bleak picture of the 90s rap scene, a world in which energy, creativity and radical anger were swamped with macho misogyny, drug-fuelled gangbanger paranoia and a poisonous obsession with respect.

Biggie Smalls, born Christopher Wallace but Aka Notorious B.I.G., is a contradictory legend. A rapper who was always heard singing, a serious artist who never stopped clowning, he took the streets with him knowing it would take him down. His first album was called Ready to Die and his next was Life After Death, but he had a life in between. It is sad how his legacy is posthumous. But, as Sean Combs says at the very start of Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell, “This story doesn’t have to have a tragic ending.”

Combs, who co-produced the film, celebrates the contradictions and how they informed the music. When Biggie rapped he had “so much style I should be down with the Stylistics” he was being artistically autobiographical. Smalls had been singing those soul classics and listening to jazz greats from the earliest age. It’s...

Diddy, and Notorious Big’s mother and others discuss dark rumours and chart the rapper’s rise to fame in this significant documentary

Perhaps posthumous legacy was always on the mind of late rapper Christopher “Notorious Big” Wallace. His impactful debut album Ready to Die was followed by Life After Death, released 16 days after he was killed aged 24, in a still-unsolved, drive-by shooting. Yet while there have been several filmic attempts to capture this legascy –– including Nick Broomfield’s 2002 documentary Biggie & Tupac and the 2009 biopic Notorious –– this Netflix release is the first to successfully sidestep the quicksand of murder mystery, and focus instead on what Wallace accomplished in life.

Clearly redressing that balance was the motivation of at least two executive producers, including Wallace’s label boss and friend, Sean “Diddy” Combs, who early on declares: “This story doesn’t have to have a tragic ending.” It’s the contribution of Wallace’s mother,...

Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the Film Festival Cologne will be one of the first major festivals in Europe to take place entirely physically as the coronavirus continues to wane in Germany. It runs Oct. 1-8.

Launched in 1991 as the Cologne Conference, as it was known until 2016, the international film and television festival celebrates some of the year’s best feature films, series and documentaries.

This year’s Best of Cinema Fiction selections include Todd Haynes’ environmental drama “Dark Waters,” starring Mark Ruffalo, and Josephine Decker’s biopic “Shirley,” featuring Elisabeth Moss as novelist Shirley Jackson. Thomas Vinterberg’s “Another Round” (pictured) is also among the films making its way to Cologne via the festival circuit.

Among the works being presented in Top Ten TV are the BBC series “Trigonometry,” which follows a young married couple in London whose life takes a turn for the better when they take in a flatmate; and “Parlement,...

Johnny Depp is on the hunt for Notorious B.I.G.’s killer in the first trailer for his new movie, City of Lies.

The actor, 54, stars in the film as real-life Lapd detective Russell Poole, who was one of the lead investigators in the legendary rapper’s death by drive-by shooting in 1997.

“A murder like that only goes unsolved if the police don’t want to solve it,” Depp’s Poole says in the trailer, which debuted Monday on what would have been Notorious B.I.G. (real name Christopher Wallace’s) 46th birthday.

The film follows Poole who,...

If you were a fan of Andrew Jenks' MTV series, World of Jenks, or have followed his impressive journalistic adventures, like the HIV/AIDS crisis film he directed for Netflix, It's Not Over, and the documentary series, Unlocking the Truth, then you know that inquisitive is basically his middle name.

Now, the award-winning filmmaker and documentarian has taken his penchant for diving deep into stories of the misunderstood from the screen to the airwaves, launching his podcast, What Really Happened?, with Cadence 13 and Seven Bucks Productions, the company co-founded with Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia. Written, hosted and co-produced by Jenks, the new audio series is a deeply researched, groundbreaking look into the real-life narratives of six public figures who have created intrigue in modern history: Muhammad Ali, Chris Christie, Princess Diana, Michael Jordan, Britney Spears and Winston Churchill.

Jenks quickly knew that Johnson's team would be the perfect fit for his next endeavor, as they were as...

USA has unveiled the first trailer for Unsolved, the upcoming true crime drama focusing on the murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G.

Westworld's Jimmi Simpson plays Lapd detective Russell Poole in the scripted series, with Fargo's Bokeem Woodbine and Josh Duhamel as fellow investigators in the two rappers' murders.

"The true-crime drama series follows Lapd Detectives Russell Poole (Jimmi Simpson) and Greg Kading (Josh Duhamel) as they work the cases nearly ten years apart, and sheds new light on the demise of Tupac and Biggie Smalls...

“Tupac lives,” rumors are back — but this time actors Josh Duhamel, Jimmi Simpson and Bokeem Woodbine are giving us a deeper look into what really happened.

After over 20 years, the tragic murders of late rappers Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. (also called Biggie Smalls) — occurring only one year apart — remain a mystery. Emmy award-winning director Anthony Hemingway (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story) is tackling another set of mysterious murder cases with true crime anthology series Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G., which documents the dual police investigations into their deaths in a fictional representation.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is demanding a public apology from the Fox Broadcasting Company after the network aired a special about the murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. that misidentified one of their employees, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Who Shot Biggie & Tupac aired Sunday and used a photo of Lasd Commander Steven D. Katz instead of Steve Katz, the Los Angeles Police Department's lead detective on the Biggie case. "The segment defamed Katz by repeatedly showing his photograph and expressing through graphics, an indication of...

11:05 Am Pt -- Fox tells us ... “In 'Who Shot Biggie & Tupac?' a photo of Los Angeles Sheriff Department Commander Steven D. Katz was mistakenly used in the program. Fox regrets the error and extends an apology to Commander Katz and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.” 7:25 Am Pt -- Critical Content -- the company behind the special -- issued an apology, saying, "Critical Content apologizes to Commander Steve Katz of the...

Suge Knight, who was seated beside Tupac Shakur on the night he was shot in Las Vegas, says the rapper may still be alive. While Shakur is widely believed to have died in that 1996 shooting, Knight floated another theory to Ice-t and Soledad O’Brien. He spoke in a call from the Los Angeles County Jail, where he’s awaiting trial on a murder charge. In a clip from the special “Who Shot Biggie and Tupac?” obtained by TMZ, Knight sets out his argument for why Shakur might still be among the living. Also Read: Kendall and Kylie Jenner Sued...

Tupac Shakur was one of hip-hop’s brightest stars, enriching the genre with a blend of poetic wit and gritty realism. When he was gunned down in a drive-by shooting while riding down a Las Vegas street on Sept. 7 1996, it sent shockwaves through the music world that reverberate to this day. The murder remains unsolved more than 20 years later, but a new biopic, All Eyez on Me, has reignited the debate.

The mystery surrounding Shakur’s death has spawned a complex tangle of conflicting conspiracy theories—his death was orchestrated by rival rap star Biggie Smalls as part of an...

Twenty years after the death of the Notorious B.I.G., his murder — as well as the death of Tupac Shakur — still hasn’t been solved. But his widow, Faith Evans, believes a spate of new TV projects could force the Los Angeles Police Department to reveal the truth.

Several projects timed to the anniversary, including A&E’s new documentary “Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.,” Fox’s investigation special “Who Shot Biggie & Tupac?” and USA Network’s scripted drama “Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.,” dive into the mystery. (The Johnny Depp feature “Labyrinth,” which also investigates the murders, is on tap for 2018.) Most of the projects have a clear point of view on who was responsible, yet there’s still no consensus.

Evans said she wasn’t familiar with the USA project, which is being produced without the involvement of the Notorious B.I.G. estate.

Viceland gets in the scripted TV game with the world's first Edm sitcom. IFC imports a sketch show already beloved in Canada. Discovery goes on the hunt for the Unabbomber. A Stephen King detective series. A veteran documentarian takes a sympathetic look at Whitney Houston. If your TV choices in the pre-Fall trenches seem eclectic, that's because they are. Elsewhere, Tiffany Haddish gets a well-deserved time to shine and NBC goes all in on SNL's "Weekend Update." Here's what you'll be tuning into/setting the DVR for in the next month.

Supermodel Kendall Jenner was spotted at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday. And with all the controversy she’s found herself in this year — including the outrage this week over her recent vintage rap T-shirt line — it’s no wonder she wasn’t smiling wide.

The 21-year-old model, who was accompanied by sister Kourtney Kardashian, looked very serious as she entered the airport.

She wore a cropped teal top with matching hoodie and black Adidas track pants. Her hair in braids, Jenner kept her accessories simple — a pair of black sunglasses and high-heeled snakeskin boots.

Kendall and her sister Kylie...

Well, that didn't take long. After a massive backlash from both the public and Biggie Smalls' mom, Kendall and Kylie Jenner have removed offensive t-shirts -- featuring both Biggie and Tupac Shakur -- from their clothing line. They also released an apology.

Author: Zehra Phelan

A legend in her own right, Whitney Houston simply was the princess of pop, but we are all aware the trappings of fame ended her career and her life way before her time. To celebrate her life, a new documentary will be released called Whitney Can I Be Me which you can watch the first trailer for below.

The trailer for Whitney Can I Be Me is a melancholy affair as it takes us on a less than two minute journey of her life as a young, fresh faced talent all the way up until the height o her legendary fame. Accompanied by the one song that will be tied to her memory (even if it was a cover), I will always love you, people from her world of fame and celebrity and even herself, narrate the trailer with their own memories in describing her life and talent.

The estate of Tupac Shakur has authorized a new documentary about the rapper with 12 Years a Slave filmmaker Steve McQueen attached to direct.

"I am extremely moved and excited to be exploring the life and times of this legendary artist," McQueen said. "I attended Nyu film school in 1993 and can remember the unfolding hip-hop world and mine overlapping with Tupac's through a mutual friend in a small way. Few, if any shined brighter than Tupac Shakur. I look forward to working closely with his family to tell the unvarnished story of this talented man.

Priyanka Chopra has let slip with some top-secret intel — a new player on ABC’s Quantico.

Spanish supermodel Jon Kortajarena will recur on the ABC thriller’s second season as political operative Felix Cordova, TVLine has confirmed. A senior legislative assistant for the Speaker of the House, Cordova is willing to do anything to be on the right side of history. His first appears in Episode 17, airing in April.

Chopra first touted Kortajarena’s casting on Twitter.

Aside from modeling, Kortajarena has appeared on Skins and the film A Single Man, as well as music videos for Fergie and Madonna.

Though it’s still in search of an official title at the time of writing – Unsolved: The Murders of Biggie and Tupac is the current working one – USA Network’s true-life crime drama Unsolved is beginning to beef up its ensemble cast.

Four weeks ago, we brought you the news that Josh Duhamel (Transformers: The Last Knight), Bokeem Woodbine (Spider-Man: Homecoming) and Westworld‘s Jimmi Simpson had all signed on, and now, Deadline is reporting that the network has added another three: Luke James, Aisha Hinds and Letoya Luckett (Ballers).

From today’s report, it’s understood James has closed a deal to play Sean “Puffy” Combs (Aka Puff Diddy), the “young and wildly successful founder of Bad Boy Records, the label of Christopher Wallace.” Hinds, meanwhile, has climbed aboard to play the coveted part of Wallace’s grieving mother, Voletta Wallace, who became a vocal campaigner for justice...

Luke James (The New Edition Story), Aisha Hinds (All The Way) and Letoya Luckett (Rosewood, Ballers) are set for key roles in Unsolved: The Murders of Biggie and Tupac (working title), USA's scripted true crime serial drama pilot that chronicles the major police investigations into the murders of rap stars Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur. Written by Kyle Long (Suits), Unsolved, from Universal Cable Productions, is based on the experiences of former Lapd Detective Greg…...

USA has found its Biggie and Tupac: Wavvy Jonez and Marcc Rose have been cast as Christopher Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls aka the Notorious B.I.G.) and Tupac Shakur in the USA Network pilot “Unsolved: The Murders of Biggie and Tupac.”

Both are relative unknowns who bear a resemblance to the late hip-hop superstars they will portray.

Rose previously played Shakur in the Universal feature “Straight Outta Compton,” while this is the first acting role for Jonez.

Jonez, a rapper who recently released the mixtape “R.E.D. D.O.P.E.” (Real Everyday Drama Doing Over People’s Expectation), was found during a nationwide open casting call and chosen via video audition out of hundreds of entries.

It’s now been 20 years since Shakur and Wallace were both killed within six months of each other,...

USA Network’s Unsolved: The Murders of Biggie and Tupac (working title) has delved straight into Compton to find its Tupac Shakur.

RelatedJosh Duhamel, Jimmi Simpson and Bokeem Woodbine Cast in USA Pilot About Biggie Smalls/Tupac Murders

Actor Marcc Rose, who previously cameoed as Pac in the 2015 Nwa biopic Straight Outta Compton, will once again assume the role of the beloved rapper in the basic cabler’s true crime pilot, TVLine has learned. Additionally, up-and-coming rapper Wavyy Jonez has nabbed the part of Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls, after a nationwide casting call.

Unsolved is based on...

USA Network has cast “2 of Americaz Most Wanted”: The cable channel has selected its Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. for upcoming pilot “Unsolved: The Murders of Biggie and Tupac” (working title). The cable channel has cast Marcc Rose (pictured above, left) as ‘Pac — that’s the young man who played Shakur in F. Gary Gray’s “Straight Outta Compton.” “Unsolved” will mark the acting debut for Wavvy Jonez (above, right), who was discovered during a nationwide open casting call to fill the role of Biggie Smalls. Rose and Jonez join previously announced cast Josh Duhamel as Detective Greg Kading,...

Biggie and Tupac will do battle one more time -- in car sales, because the SUV Notorious B.I.G. was shot in is now available for purchase. The infamous 1997 Gmc Suburban has been on the road racking up miles for the last 20 years, and most of that time the owners had no idea their family ride was a piece of hip-hop history. The L.A. owners tell us they bought it in Oct. '97 from a...

New documentaries on Whitney Houston, targeted Iranian rapper Shahin Najafi, notorious Republican operative Roger Stone and a deceased alt-right filmmaker will premiere at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, taking place April 19th through 30th.

Whitney: Can I Be Me marks the latest effort from controversial and acclaimed documentarian Nick Broomfield, whose previous music films include Kurt and Courtney and Biggie and Tupac. The film will explore Houston's remarkable rise and fall and features largely never-before-seen footage. While a spokesperson for Houston's family told Rolling Stone they are not involved in Broomfield's documentary,...

USA ordered a pilot for a new scripted true crime series about the murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. called, Unsolved, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Unsolved will be written by Kyle Long (Suits). Anthony Hemingway, who helmed several episodes of The People v. O.J. Simpson, will direct the pilot. 

The series will be based on the experiences of former Lapd detective Greg Kading and will track the two investigations into Tupac and Biggie's deaths, which happened months apart in in 1996 and 1997. Kading, who spent years investigating the murders,...

The Important News DC Extended Universe: Joe Manganiello will play Deathstroke in the next Batman movie.  Biopics: A 5,000-year-old Otzi the Iceman is getting his own movie. Musicals: Rebecca Ferguson joined the P.T. Barnum movie The Greatest Showman on Earth. Westerns: Jared Hess will direct the next Shanghai Noon sequel. Festivals: Fantastic Fest revealed its third wave of titles for this year's program. True Stories: Johnny Depp will play a detective who investigated the Biggie and Tupac murders.  Ya Adaptations: Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling joined A Wrinkle in Time. Remakes: Jeff Nichols will write and direct the Alien Nation redo. Reel TV: Meryl Streep...

Read More...

Johnny Depp‘s career has been in a bit of rut over the past couple of years. The actor’s now ex-wife Amber Heard recently came forward with abuse allegations, which followed a string of box-office and critical disappointments. Some were hopeful Black Mass would be a comeback of sorts for Depp, a return to the real world for an actor […]

The post Johnny Depp Will Investigate The Murders of Biggie and Tupac in ‘Labyrinth’ appeared first on /Film.

The still-unsolved killings of rappers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls continue to loom large in hip-hop lore, inspiring countless conspiracy theories and Puff Daddy careers alike. And now a new movie promises to bring us, if not closer to an answer, then at least to a vaguely unsatisfying conclusion in which a defeated Johnny Depp stuffs some papers in a briefcase and slumps out of a government building while “Changes” plays. The Hollywood Reporter says that Depp is attached to star in the Brad Furman-directed Labyrinth, in a role that reminds us of the babe. What babe? The babe with the power. What power? The power to postulate that both rappers’ murders were orchestrated by Death Row Records’ Suge Knight in league with vice-ridden members of the Lapd.

That corruption-gobblin’ king was Detective Russell Poole, who spent most of the years since Biggie and Tupac’s death investigating what...

Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald will helm a documentary about Whitney Houston that has been authorized by the singer's estate since her death in 2012.

Per a statement, the as-yet-untitled film will offer the "unvarnished and authentic" story of Houston's life, from her early days singing in her church's gospel choir to her astounding success as a global pop star, which included a string of seven straight Billboard Hot 100 Number Ones. The film will include interviews with Houston's friends, family and collaborators, including famed record executive Clive Davis, who helped launch the singer's career.

Last year BBC One's Charlotte Moore made promises that would define the network over the coming years: a commitment to risk taking, guaranteed investment in innovation, and a promise that she would challenge every new commission to break the mold. And with that reminder, speaking yesterday at an event for writers, actors, industry and media, Moore announced a lineup of new productions currently in development by the BBC. Or note is "Whitney," a feature-length documentary on the late singer, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Nick Broomfield ("Aileen: Life And Death of a Serial Killer," "Kurt & Courtney" and "Biggie and Tupac") which will, according...

Filmmaker Nick Broomfield — known for controversial documentaries like Kurt and Courtney and Biggie and Tupac — is helming a new film about Whitney Houston for BBC Two.

Per the network, Whitney "goes in search of the forces that made and then destroyed the singer who has been described as having one of the greatest voices of the last 50 years." A release date has yet to be announced.

While the film is still in its early stages, it doesn't have the initial support of the singer's family. Asked about the film, a...

Donald Trump's showdown with Fox News and anchor Megyn Kelly is hardly his first rodeo. The Donald has had plenty of practice in his four decades in the spotlight, waging wars with celebrities like Rosie O'Donnell, Cher, Martha Stewart - and even President Barack Obama. Let's take a look back at his most infamous feuds. Trump Vs. O'DonnellTrump's tussle with O' Donnell dates back to 2006, when the then-co-owner of the Miss USA pageant decided not to fire crown-holder Tara Conner after revelations of drug use and underage drinking. O'Donnell, a cost-host on The View at the time, blasted Trump's...

Donald Trump's showdown with Fox News and anchor Megyn Kelly is hardly his first rodeo. The Donald has had plenty of practice in his four decades in the spotlight, waging wars with celebrities like Rosie O'Donnell, Cher, Martha Stewart - and even President Barack Obama. Let's take a look back at his most infamous feuds. Trump Vs. O'DonnellTrump's tussle with O' Donnell dates back to 2006, when the then-co-owner of the Miss USA pageant decided not to fire crown-holder Tara Conner after revelations of drug use and underage drinking. O'Donnell, a cost-host on The View at the time, blasted Trump's...

New The Daily Show host Trevor Noah dipped a toe into American presidential cycle skewering on his second night out, calling the White House race the ultimate contest to find the “toughest leader, sharpest thinker, and … old person who is best at pretending to like young-people things.” He dubbed it “Panderdemic.” Noah’s White House Race Panderdemic 2016 segment began with a skewering of Gop candidate Sen. Marco Rubio for having discussed his thoughts on Biggie and Tupac…...

Asif Kapadia’s Amy, Anna Muylaert’s The Second Mother, Abderrahmane Sissako’s Timbuktu, John Maclean’s Slow West and Céline Sciamma’s Girlhood are among the fiction and documentary line-up.

The fiction selections are: Chus Gutiérrez’s Ciudad Deliro (Colombia); Chaitanya Tamhane’s Court (India); Miguel Llansó’s Crumbs (Ethiopia-Spain); Girlhood (France), Mario Crespo’s Gone With The River (Venezuela); Ana V. Bojórquez, Lucía Carreras’ The Greatest House In The World (Guatemala-Mexico); Alonso Ruizpalacios’ Güeros (Mexico); Rebecca Johnson’s Honeytrap (UK); Shonali Bose’s Margarita, With A Straw (India); Jean-Paul Civeyrac’s My Friend Victoria (France); and Carolina Borrero, Pinky Mon, Luis Franco, Abner Benaim and Pituka Ortega Heilbron’s Panama Canal Stories (Panama).

The section continues with: Nagesh Kukunoor’s Rainbow (India); Debbie Tucker Green’s Second Coming (UK); The Second Mother (Brazil, pictured); Walter Tournier’s Selkirk, The Real Robinson Crusoe (Uruguay-Argentina-Chile-Spain); John Maclean’s Slow West (UK-New Zealand); Jim Chuchu’s Stories Of Our Lives (Kenya-South...

In Los Angeles, the trial of Lonnie Franklin, Jr.—the alleged “Grim Sleeper” serial killer—is finally about to start. It’s been five years since DNA evidence led to Franklin’s arrest for ten counts of murder and one count of attempted murder (he pled not guilty), but the killings in South Central L.A. began in 1985, maybe earlier. The victims: women of color, many of them prostitutes, many of them caught up in the crack epidemic that was sweeping through the city at the time. To the outrage of their family and friends, their deaths were not considered a high priority by the Lapd, and it’s taken decades for the wheels of justice to creak into motion. Into this complex tale wades British documentarian Nick Broomfield (Kurt and Courtney, Biggie and Tupac, Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer), whose investigative style involves making himself...

In Los Angeles, the trial of Lonnie Franklin, Jr.—the alleged “Grim Sleeper” serial killer—is finally about to start. It’s been five years since DNA evidence led to Franklin’s arrest for ten counts of murder and one count of attempted murder (he pled not guilty), but the killings in South Central L.A. began in 1985, maybe earlier. The victims: women of color, many of them prostitutes, many of them caught up in the crack epidemic that was sweeping through the city at the time. To the outrage of their family and friends, their deaths were not considered a high priority by the Lapd, and it’s taken decades for the wheels of justice to creak into motion. Into this complex tale wades British documentarian Nick Broomfield (Kurt and Courtney, Biggie and Tupac, Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer), whose investigative style involves making himself...