Debbie Lang
Video Content Editor | Researcher | 1,489 Articles Published
In addition to handling the financial side of History vs. Hollywood, Debbie is in charge of curating our list of upcoming movies and TV series based on true stories.
Essentially, she monitors upcoming releases to determine which were inspired by real-life events. Needless to say, she spends a lot of time watching movie trailers and reading trade publications.
Debbie has been part of the History vs. Hollywood crew since 2018. When she's not in the office, she enjoys working out, spending time with her family, and burying her toes in the sand on
a beach somewhere. Her guilty pleasures are Survivor and pączki (when they're in season).
Debbie's Latest PostsRez Ball TrailerRez Ball was inspired by Michael Powell's nonfiction book Canyon Dreams, which follows a high school basketball season on the Navajo Nation. The Netflix movie deviates significantly from the book, replacing the Wildcats of Chinle High School with ...August 16, 2024 Woman of the Hour TrailerIn the midst of a murder spree, serial killer Rodney Alcala appears on The Dating Game and wins a date with bachelorette Cheryl Bradshaw (Anna Kendrick).August 16, 2024 Saturday Night TrailerDirected by Jason Reitman, the film tells the story of what unfolded in the chaotic 90 minutes leading up to the premiere of Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1975.August 16, 2024 A Complete Unknown TrailerTimothée Chalamet portrays singer/songwriter Bob Dylan in this biopic from director James Mangold (Walk the Line). The movie focuses on Dylan's younger years, specifically when he made the controversial shift to an electric guitar. His ...July 29, 2024 Rob Peace TrailerA brilliant young man whose father was a drug dealer and convicted of murder tries to take a different path in life. His bright future becomes increasingly at risk as he's lured back into the world he was never fully able to leave behind. Rob Peace ...July 18, 2024 Take My Hand TrailerAfter being diagnosed with MS and losing her husband, a woman at the peak of her career in London moves back home to Australia with her three sons and encounters an old love. The movie was inspired by the story of its writer/director John ...July 18, 2024 Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot TrailerDonna and Reverend WC Martin inspire families in their rural East Texas church to adopt 77 children from the broken local foster system. Their inspiring act sparks a movement for at-risk children.July 18, 2024 You Gotta Believe TrailerStarring Luke Wilson and Greg Kinnear, an underdog Little League team from Fort Worth, Texas dedicates its season to a teammate's dying father and reaches the Little League World Series.June 28, 2024 Skincare TrailerA well-known skin specialist (Elizabeth Banks) to the stars tries to grow her business but is hampered when a rival opens up a business across the street. She suspects she is being sabotaged and embarks on a mission to find out who is behind it. The ...June 28, 2024 Kneecap TrailerKneecap tells the origin story of the Belfast rap group of the same name, who all play themselves in the film. As their fame grows, they embark on a campaign to save the Irish language.June 28, 2024 Women in Blue TrailerIn 1971, four women join Mexico's first female police force, only to discover they are part of a publicity stunt to distract the media from a brutal serial killer on the loose. As more victims turn up, the women become determined to catch the killer.June 28, 2024 The Arctic Convoy TrailerA Norwegian cargo ship in the icy Arctic Ocean is under constant attack from the Germans as it tries to get war materials to the northern port of Murmansk in Russia.June 28, 2024 Lady in the Lake TrailerApple TV's Lady in the Lake TV series is based on the 2019 Laura Lippman novel of the same name, which tells the story of a fictional Jewish housewife who is bored with her husband and leaves him to become an investigative journalist in downtown ...June 28, 2024 Bonhoeffer Trailer Angel Studios Dietrich Bonhoeffer MovieFrom Angel Studios, who released Sound of Freedom and Cabrini, comes Bonhoeffer, which tells the story of German Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Jonas Dassler), who stood up against the Nazi regime. In the film, Bonhoeffer is involved in a plot ...June 21, 2024 Hit Man: History vs. Hollywood EpisodeIn this episode, we compare Netflix's Hit Man movie to the real-life Gary Johnson, an investigator who posed as a fake hit man to catch people who were seeking to pay to have others murdered. Over the course of his undercover work as a fake ...June 15, 2024