Words Scott J. Davis

Is it truly awards season until we get a noteworthy, highly-anticipated biopic about a famous musician? There have been plenty over the years, but it was the massive box-office triumph of Bohemian Rhapsody that set things rolling like a stone. Since then, the stories of Whitney Houston, Elvis Presley, Amy Winehouse, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Bob Marley, and even Weird Al Yankovic have all been immortalised onscreen.

Audience’s appetite for a grand musical biopic remains as big as ever, so it’s no surprise that the great Bob Dylan would be next in line.

Starring Timothée Chalamet as the legendary folk musician, Walk The Line director James Mangold’s new film focuses on a late-teenage Dylan’s incredible rise as an acoustic singer and his controversial switch to electric instrumentation. It also documents his famously fractious partnership with Edward Norton’s Pete Seeger and working/romantic relationships with Monica Barbaro’s Joan Baez and Elle Fanning’s Sylvie Russo – a fictional version of Suze Rotolo.

Prepare for a true transportation back to the sixties in both look and sound, with all of the main cast singing the songs themselves in this musical biopic that’s set for awards glory.

Biopics Blowin' In The Wind

Michael Jackson

Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the aplty named Michael charts the rise to fame of the King of Pop, played by Michael's nephew, Jaafar Jackson. Colman Domingo, Nia Long, and Miles Teller co-star.

The Beatles

Oscar-winner Sam Mendes is shaking up the standard biopic with a unique and unorthodox look at the lives of The Famous Five – John, Paul, George, and Ringo – in four separate films, one from each member's point of view before they Come Together.

The Bee Gees

Set to be titled You Should Be Dancing, a biopic of the famous Isle of Man brothers has been mooted for a few years, but has now landed at Ridley Scott’s desk and is set to be released in 2026.