Posted on 02/15/2007 10:28:28 AM PST by Millee
Disgraced pop duo Milli Vanilli will soon get a movie made about their less-than-spectacular career, following in the cinematic steps of such icons as Ray Charles and Johnny Cash.
Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety reported in its Thursday issue that Universal Pictures is developing a film about the lip-synching combo, who lost their coveted Grammy for best new artist in 1990 when it emerged that they had never sung on their records.
The project will be written and directed for the General Electric Co.-controlled studio by Jeff Nathanson, who previously wrote the Leonardo DiCaprio crime caper "Catch Me If You Can." He has secured the cooperation of Milli Vanilli alumnus Fabrice Morvan, who has been pursuing a comeback for years, as well as the estate of his colleague, Rob Pilatus, who died of a drug overdose in 1998.
"I've always been fascinated by the notion of fakes and frauds, and in this case, you had guys who pulled off the ultimate con, selling 30 million singles and 11 million albums and then becoming the biggest laughing-stocks of pop entertainment," the paper quoted Nathanson as saying.
Why? (Because the VH-1 special was so compelling?)
It could be pretty entertaining. They managed to perpetuate one of the most successful frauds in history, an award winning fraud no less.
Why I don't go to the movies OR buy music.
There's an annoying 200ms delay between the video and audio...
Will the movie include a fake sound track? LOL!
You caught a pirated version of a movie that has yet to be made? Which P2P software do you use? LOL!
LOL!
Just take the soundtrack from the records and dub them over "Ray".
LOL! USB 2.0 undoubtedly. I wonder if a firewire version is out there?
You've got to be kidding.
They got busted, not even the most successful fraud in music history.
That would go to 'Pat Boone'.
Finally! Barak Obama will put on a dread wig to play the part of the late Vanilli. Or was that Milli?
You don't go to movies or buy music because of Milli Vanilli?
dude, really... sure it traumatized all of us. But you just gotta let go.
It's official--we are out of ideas.
I'll still probably see it.
They had 3 #1 hits, a 7 platinum album and won a Grammy. That's pretty successful.
I could almost see if it was a made for tv movie, but wouldn't go see it in a theater.
How long were they're carriers?
Pat Boone has been ruining other peoples songs for decades. He's still doing it.
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