How to Use biopic in a Sentence

biopic

noun

• We watched a biopic about Beethoven.
• Set in 1970s Paris, the biopic follows the final years of Callas’ life.
  — Hannah Malach, WWD, 27 Oct. 2024
• The song lent its title to the 1989 biopic, starring Dennis Quad as Lewis.
  — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2022
• The biopic will shoot in English and is being developed into a series — but it could also be turned into a period film.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 17 Oct. 2022
• The movie is now one of the most successful biopics ever.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 9 Mar. 2024
• But one kind of movie is always a contender: the biopic.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2023
• No one’s asking for more rags-to-riches biopics in the world.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2023
• The suited up actor stars as Nike co-founder Phil Knight in the new biopic.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2023
• News that Lana could’ve been part of the Priscilla Presley biopic.
  — Vulture, 6 Nov. 2023
• The hotel even has a cameo in the 2019 Rocketman biopic.
  — Teddy Minford, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2023
• The point of the new biopic mode was to reveal totemic figures in a more complex way.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
• Nichols knew the actor had been cast as Elvis, though Baz Luhrmann’s biopic hadn’t come out yet.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 20 Oct. 2023
• Next Taylor is set to star as Dionne Wariwck in a biopic.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 28 Mar. 2023
• The upcoming biopic will be based on Warren Zanes’ 2023 book of the same name.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2024
• The photos seem to hint that the stars still have hope to complete the Madonna biopic, in which Garner would play the singer.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
• And, of course, what is an Elvis biopic without Elvis’ music?
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2023
• One film is a comedy based on a doll; the other is a biopic about the making of the atomic bomb.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2023
• And now, superheroes are showing wear-and-tear as musical biopics are one of the trends on the up and up.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
• Read this now before Kate Winslet takes her turn as Miller in the upcoming biopic Lee.
  — The Editors, Town & Country, 6 Sep. 2023
• Among the other folk artists represented in the biopic?
  — Vogue, 17 Mar. 2024
• For instance, in a scene from the biopic, the bomb’s been boxed up and is being transported for the government.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
• Hudson was handpicked by Franklin herself to star in the biopic Respect.
  — Vulture, 29 Mar. 2023
• That may have informed the choice to make this not a parody of a specific biopic.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2023
• Angelina Jolie has been tapped to play the legendary soprano Maria Callas in the biopic Maria.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2023
• Here are 15 of the greatest biopics of the recent past, according to the Wall Street Journal’s film critics.
  — Wsj Arts In Review Staff, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2023
• Normally biopics that are from cradle to the grave are sort of a terrible idea.
  — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2024
• The actor also has a Marlene Dietrich biopic in the works.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
• The actress shared a couple of behind-the-scenes images (below) from her time on the set of the Christy Martin biopic in which she’s set to star.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
• Yen first tackled Ip Man in 2008, portraying the martial arts master of Bruce Lee in a biopic.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2023
• The 1997 biopic about her life introduced her to people outside her fan base and to those born after her death.
  — Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024