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Tijan Njie as Robert Pilatus and Elan Ben Ali as Fabrice Morvan in the upcoming Milli Vanilli biopic, 'Girl You Know It's True' | CREDIT: DENIS PERNATH, COPYRIGHT: LEONINE STUDIOS / WIEDEMANN & BERG FILM

MY THOUGHTS

I rather it be the Frank Farian story. What convinced him to use two black models from germany and have them have lyp synching careers? I think that kind of story could had led to discussions of how white artists from the USA or Europe made careers being talentless and living off of black artists. I think that was what made Farian who was old enough to see this, be inspired to create and orchestrate milli vanilli. and then in the second act of the film. The fact that he was able to labeled blameless by the media as the producer of milli vanilli while also able to place all blame on milli vanilli, like either of them paid for the singers who were totally complicit as well. so... as always, the film has potential but I would had gone another way.

THE ARTICLE

Milli Vanilli biopic first look teases controversial music duo's looming vocal storm
Girl You Know It's True is produced by Netflix's Dark masterminds Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann.
Joey Nolfi
By Joey Nolfi September 01, 2022 at 11:48 AM EDT

Girl, you know it's true: A Milli Vanilli biopic is on the way, and the studio behind the planned project has unveiled a first look at its stars.

Lead actors Tijan Njie and Elan Ben Ali appear in the new photo as Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan, the faces of the ill-fated German-French pop duo who notched three No. 1 singles in the United States in the late '80s. It was later revealed that the pair had taken credit for vocals actually provided by several other singers, including John Davis, who died in 2021.

Matthias Schweighöfer will star as Milli Vanilli producer Frank Farian in the Leonine Studios- and Wiedemann & Berg–produced film, currently titled Girl You Know It's True.

Simon Verhoeven will direct from a script he wrote. Producers on the film include Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann, who previously worked on the Oscar-winning international film The Lives of Others, the Oscar-nominated movie Never Look Away, and Netflix's popular thriller series Dark.

The movie's plot follows the duo's scandal, which was allegedly orchestrated by Farian and saw the frontmen lip-syncing to the voices of other artists who were only credited as background vocalists on their official releases.

Milli Vanilli initially won a Grammy for Best New Artist in 1990, though they ultimately returned the award.

Controversial filmmaker Brett Ratner was previously working on a Milli Vanilli biopic, though that project was dropped by production company Millennium Media in February 2021, after its announcement received intense backlash in the wake of Ratner being accused of sexual misconduct in 2017. (Ratner "categorically" denied the allegations through his attorney Marty Singer at the time.)

Girl You Know It's True does not have a release date yet, but it is expected to film in Munich, Berlin, Capetown, and Los Angeles before wrapping in December.

ARTICLE URL

https://ew.com/movies/milli-vanilli-movie-first-look-photo/

IN AMENDMENT

beverly hills cop 4...many stockholders of the redstone company want the white jewish clan to sell the firm to an investment firm. But they are being adamant against it, which I think is the better strategy. but, having said that, they don't have the money for a high quantity of big budget films, thus why fox sold its movie division to disney and at&t sold warner bros with debt to discovery channel.  The screenwriter to this film is a former law enforcer so I don't know how funny this will be. I am not a true fan of beverly hills cop so I can't speak for the audience or the fanbase.