What have Jamie Foxx and Joaquin Phoenix wrought? Now that Hollywood sees music biopics as gateways to critical acclaim and Oscars, any singer is game — even ones that never really did their own singing. According to Variety, Universal Pictures is developing a biopic about Milli Vanilli, the vocal duo that infamously had to give up their 1990 Grammy for Best New Artist after it was discovered they lip-synched their way through catchy hits like "Blame It On the Rain" and "Girl You Know It’s True." And it definitely sounds like a wannabe prestige project: screenwriter Jeff Nathanson, who first explored the world of cons and chicanery in the Leo DiCaprio/Steven Spielberg vehicle Catch Me If You Can, is set to write, and has secured the help of alumnus Fabrice Morvan (partner Rob Pilatus OD’d in 1998).
Between the music, the drugs, the robbery, the jail time, and the attempted comebacks, I’d say the film is destined for awards. Until, of course, it’s discovered that the two leads didn’t really act out their parts and relied on stand-ins. Speaking of which, whom would you cast in a Milli Vanilli movie? Are there other "artists" more deserving of the biopic treatment?
I remember when they first really sang the song. It sounded like “Girrl you know it’s trooo!” I was laughing really hard. Falco sounded better with a German accent.
Coming in 2008: “Ice Ice Baby” – the Vanilla Ice story.
OK, gotta share credit with Stephanie here: “Der Kommissar”: the Falco biopic.
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this would onlywork as a Damon Brothers film….and even then it would still stink
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This sounds like it would be better suited for a TV movie, because I know for damn sure I wouldn’t spend $10 at the theater to see two fake Milli Vanilli guys!
C’mon Stephanie, you didn’t go with Flock of Seagulls?
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Another stupid idea from Hollywood executives who don’t have an artistic bone in their entire bodies.
i think gary dourdon from csi and harold perrineu from lost would be perfect!!!