EXCLUSIVE: David Permut’s long-in-the-works film about the late comic Sam Kinison has taken form. Larry Charles, who helmed the Sacha Baron Cohen comedies Borat, Bruno and The Dictator, has signed on ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. A feature film about the life of stand-up ...

The life of the comedian Sam Kinison—a Pentecostal preacher who became one of the hottest and most controversial performers of the 1980s by tapping into his shrieking id, almost destroyed his career ...

Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh is a 1999-released biographical documentary. It follows the life and career of late comedian and actor Sam Kinison. He was known for his distinctive style of comedy, as ...

A new documentary, I Am Sam Kinison, will explore the life and impact of the controversial shock comic with commentary from Charlie Sheen, Jay Leno, Tommy Chong and Corey Feldman, among others. The ...

No matter how praiseworthy HBO's forays into motion pictures might be, their films like Temple Grandin and You Don't Know Jack are almost always confined to the small screen. However, it looks like ...

HBO has ordered up a biopic based on the life of standup Sam Kinison, who died in a tragic car accident in 1992. The film, titled Brother Sam: The Short, Spectacular Life of Sam Kinison, will be ...

Last November, Bill Kinison interrupted rehearsals for the one-man show he was workshopping to grab a quick flight to Illinois to retrieve his elderly in-laws. He had just kissed his wife Sherry ...

Sam Kinison's widow has sued Sam's brother for allegedly forging the comedian's will -- 17 years after his death. Malika Borghese filed a lawsuit yesterday in L.A. County Superior Court, claiming ...

Tom Shadyac (Bruce Almighty) will direct a biopic about the life of standup comedian Sam Kinison for HBO Films. The film is based on the memoir Brother Sam: The Short, Spectacular Life of Sam Kinison, ...

Ten minutes of audio from shock-comic Sam Kinison‘s final recorded performance, captured a few days before a drunk driver killed him in April 1992, is now available to stream. The comedian makes fun ...