Writer and director Guy Guido plans to film a biopic based on William Bast’s 2006 memoir, Surviving James Dean, about Bast’s fling with the actor, after acquiring its rights, according to The ...

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 film, Willie and Jimmy Dean, is based on screenwriter William Bast’s 2006 memoir, Surviving James Dean.

In the book, William claimed he and James became roommates, close friends and eventually lovers during their time at the UCLA’s theatre programme when they were 19 years old.

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 ...

Bast wrote in his memoir, Surviving James Dean, that their relationship did change but that they kept it private due to Dean’s burgeoning fame. Meanwhile, Dean continued to date women in Hollywood.

Writer-director Guy Guido’s film is currently in development and is based on William Bast’s 2006 memoir, Surviving James Dean.

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.

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. Having written the script, Guido has ...