Upcoming movies based on real-life drama
As the cliché goes, truth is stranger than fiction. These movies based on true stories prove, at the very least, that truth serves as a compelling movie script. Get to know the real drama behind these 10 movie picks debuting in 2018.
The Clint Eastwood-directed movie focuses on the three Americans who thwarted a terrorist attack on a train to Paris in 2015. Eastwood cast the three real heroes from the incident, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler, to play themselves in the movie (in theaters Feb. 9).
Ryan Gosling is shooting for the moon as Neil Armstrong in this biopic (in theaters Oct. 12) about the astronaut’s life. Based on James R. Hansen’s official biography, First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, the movie is set to focus on Armstrong’s life and the space mission that resulted in him being the first man to walk on the moon.
The comedy-drama is based on a 2012 documentary about WWE wrestler Saraya-Jade “Paige” Bevis and her family, all of whom are professional wrestlers. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who is executive-producing the movie (in theaters Sept. 14), is also climbing back into the ring on screen, according to The Hollywood Reporter .
Jason Clarke stars as Ted Kennedy in this drama based on the true story of the then-Massachusetts senator’s car accident in Chappaquiddick, where a passenger died trapped underwater in the car that Kennedy drove off the road. Kate Mara, Ed Helms and Bruce Dern also star in the film (in theaters April 6).
Oscar-nominated Dev Patel stars in this drama thriller about the 2008 attacks at a hotel in India and the subsequent terrorist strikes around Mumbai. Armie Hammer, Anupam Kher and Nazanin Boniadi are set to co-star.
Lucas Hedges, Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman and Joel Edgerton star in the coming-of-age drama (in theaters Sept. 28) based on Garrard Conley’s memoir about his childhood experience of being outed as gay to his parents and enrolled in conversion therapy.
The dark comedy (in theaters Oct. 19), starring Melissa McCarthy as author Lee Israel, looks at the writer’s life of penning profiles on high-profile women before her spiral into a criminal career of forging letters from deceased celebrities and stealing.
The movie focuses on the final days of actor Hervé Villechaize, played by Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage, who committed suicide in 1993. Jamie Dornan and Andy Garcia are set to co-star in the HBO drama.
White Boy Rick (in theaters Aug. 17) is based on an almost unbelievable true story about the teenage undercover FBI informant who established himself in the drug world, and was later sentenced to life in prison after a drug trafficking arrest. The real “White Boy Rick,” named Richard Wershe Jr., was paroled in July 2017. Richie Merritt is set to star as the title character, with Matthew McConaughey as his father and Bruce Dern as his grandfather.
Saoirse Ronan has signed on to star as the young queen at the center of Mary Queen of Scots. Based on John Guy’s biography My Heart Is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots, the historical drama (in theaters Nov. 2) also stars Margot Robbie and David Tennant.
