Biopic Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Spotify is getting the biopic treatment from Netflix called The Playlist. Here’s a trailer.

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Biopic, drama, Netflix, Playlist, Spotify

When Netflix first appeared online in 2008, most people didn’t get it. “So lemme get this straight. You rent music

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Here’s the latest trailer for the new Weird Al biopic

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Biopic, Daniel Radcliffe, Weird Al

Daniel Radcliffe has come a long way from Harry Potter. Damn, he nails the Weird Al thing. Take that, Rami

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Here’s the trailer for the upcoming Sex Pistols biopic TV series

May 28, 2022May 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Biopic, Danny Boyle, Disney+, Sex Pistols

Come May 31, Danny Boyle’s limited series Pistol will appear on Disney+. It’s a six-part biography/drama based on the Sex

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Here’s our first look at the biopic Spinning Gold. KISS is involved.

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Biopic, Casablanca Records, Disco, Donna Summer, KISS, Neil Bogart

One of the more outrageous record industry characters was Neil Bogart, the head of Casablanca Records. The label’s glory days

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Today’s trailers, part 2: The Sex Pistols series, Pistol

May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Biopic, Danny Boyle, Disney+, Sex Pistols, Steve Jones

Johnny Lydon isn’t happy about it, but Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle has turned the memoir of Pistols’ guitarist Steve

Today’s trailers, part 1: A peek at the new Weird Al biopic starring Daniel Radcliffe

May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Biopic, Roku, Weird Al

Come this fall (we don’t have an exact date yet), we’ll get a new biopic about Weird Al Yankovic starring

Weekly survey: Is it time for U2 to get the biopic treatment?

March 21, 2022March 21, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bad Robot, Biopic, Survey, U2

News from The Hollywood Reporter last week says that JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot production company has committed to a scripted

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JJ Abrams is working on a scripted bio of U2 for Netflix

March 19, 2022March 19, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bad Robot, Biopic, JJ Abrams, U2

There’s a lot to unpack in that headline, isn’t there? And there’s more. JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot production company has

Music News AJMT

Random music news for Wednesday, March 2, 2022

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Biopic, Lollapalooza, Madonna, Marc Gieger, South Korea, Spotify, Turntables

How would AI apply for a job as a musician? Like this. Let’s now try some music news for March

This trailer for the new Elvis biopic looks very interesting

February 20, 2022February 19, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Baz Luhrmann, Biopic, Elvis Presley, Tom Hanks

I’ll admit it. I’m not an Elvis fan. I am, however, interested in the films of Baz Luhrmann. This trailer

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Random music news for Wednesday, January 13, 2021

January 13, 2021January 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alex Trebek, Biopic, Danny Boyle, Guitars, Jeopardy, KISS, KKR, Magicians, Mountain Dew, Radio, Ryan Tedder, Sex Pistols, Smart Speakers, Song Catalogues, Sony, Virtual Concerts

Fun fact (via Sean): Magicians have been sawing women in half for a hundred years now. Who knew? Now educate

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