News

William Bast, who wrote extensively for both film and TV and was also known for his two biographies of James Dean, died of complications from Alzheimer’s on May 4. He was 84.
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. By Ryan Gajewski. Plus Icon.
Filmmaker Guy Guido is adapting author and screenwriter William Bast's 2006 memoir 'Surviving James Dean,' which details his five-year-long friendship and a purported romance between the two in ...
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.
Screenwriter William Bast has died at 84. ... “Surviving James Dean” (2006), Bast said his closeness with Dean was a constant in his life, even long after the actor’s death.
Late Hollywood icon and actor James Dean's new biopic based on writer William Bast's memoir is in the works. The film will reportedly throw some spotlight on his alleged romance with the author.
It will explore the alleged love story between Dean and William Bast, who claimed in his 2006 memoir that he had a romantic relationship with the actor. The movie is titled Surviving James Dean ...
Bast shares he was always hopeful that they could one day be together, though that dream quickly faded with Dean’s sudden death on September 30, 1955—69 years ago this week!
A new feature film about James Dean‘s supposed gay college romance may be on the way. Writer and director Guy Guido plans to film a biopic based on William Bast’s 2006 memoir, Surviving James ...