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James Dean Biopic in the Works Based on Memoir About Purported Gay Romance

Writer-director Guy Guido is behind 'Surviving James Dean,' based on William Bast's 2006 book of the same name that details his time with the iconic actor.

Writer-director Guy Guido has acquired the rights to late author William Bast’s 2006 memoir Surviving James Dean and plans to film a biopic of the same name. “I have been a fan and historian of James Dean since I was 18 years old, so I knew about his ‘friend’ Willie, even when information about their relationship was straight-washed by the Hollywood machine,” Guido says in a statement. The film version of Surviving James Dean doesn’t yet have financing, but Guido feels hopeful about finding the right fit after taking recent meetings about the project.

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