Brandon Flynn has been cast as the iconic actor in writer-director Guy Guido's 'Willie and Jimmy Dean,' based on a memoir by William Bast.

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

The movie will be based on the late author William Bast's 2006 memoir Surviving James Dean. Bast, who died in 2015 at age 84, wrote in his memoir that he and Dean met while attending UCLA's ...

James Dean exploded onto the scene as a 1950s icon of teenage rebellion and angst. ... What is true is that there was a close connection between him and screenwriter William Bast.

William Bast, Co-Creator of TV’s ‘The Colbys,’ Dies at 84. ... Bast quickly turned around the highly regarded James Dean: A Biography, published in 1956.

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.

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. Bast wrote scripts ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — William Bast, a TV writer who co-created the 1980s “Dynasty” spin-off “The Colbys” during a four-decade career, has died. He was 84. His friend, Niki Marvin, tells the ...

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. Bast wrote scripts for ...