Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Milli Vanilli biopic is in the works

Posted by Nick Spacek on Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 10:42 AM

According to Variety, Catch Me If You Can's Jeff Nathanson will be writing and directing a Milli Vanilli biopic.

The story's solid, and for the ten of you who aren't familiar with it:

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Pilatus and Morvan were hired by producer Frank Farian to front Milli Vanilli. Farian already had songs recorded by three other singers. Pilatus and Morvan became trapped in a lie when Milli Vanilli topped the charts and sold millions of records. Desperate to end the charade, the duo refused to promote a follow-up album unless Farian let them sing. Instead, he blew the whistle.

It's going to be tough to portray two models who lip-synced for a living as sympathetic characters, but Nathanson was able to make a check forging identity thief seem like an affable and charming young gentleman, so I suppose anything's possible.

You can watch the infamous video that tanked the duo's career below.

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