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Richard Linklater to Write and Direct a Bill Hicks Biopic; Here's Everything We Know


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Richard Linklater has proven himself a versatile filmmaker over the years, but he's never attempted a biopic. He's made a movie about real people, namely Bernie, but he's never depicted the life of a famous figure. Until now. According to Collider, the Boyhood and Dazed and Confused helmer will write and direct a movie about the late stand-up comedian Bill Hicks.  Here's everything we know about the project so far: Who was Bill Hicks? Hicks was a comedian who began doing stand-up in the 1980s and had begun to find fame in the early 1990s before dying of cancer at the age of 32 in 1993. His material was controversial, enough for an entire performance to be cut from Late Show with David Letterman, and eventually became about social commentary over...
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