Because You Asked For It: Brett Ratner for Milli Vanilli Project

Posted by Dr. Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on April 22, 2009

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Blame it on the rain. Or blame it on Universal. Either way, there’s at least some motion on creating a project focusing on Milli Vanilli, and Brett Ratner is in talks to direct.

I have no idea why anyone would care to make something about Mili Vanilli. Of course, it’s a fairly intriguing story considering that it ended in disgrace and an accidental overdose, but there’s going to be a lot of work to be done to get audiences to care all that much about a pair of non-musicians that made a whole hit two decades ago.

Who is the audience for this? Milli Vanilla has fewer fans today than New Kids on the Block. As I see it, there’s only two ways that this project could actually have any life to it:

1) If it was being made as a Vh1 Behind the Music entry or

B) If it came out that Brett Ratner was actually just pretending to direct, “air-directing” as it were, while a talented director shot the film uncredited from the shadows.

And you thought I wouldn’t make fun of Brett Ratner.

This news comes from our friends over at The Playlist, but I’m hoping that it’s just someone inventing things to torture me. Call me when someone is planning a Sam Cook biopic. There’s just no reason for this. Girl, you know it’s true. Girl, you know it’s…girl, you know it’s…girl you know it’s…

What do you think? Seriousy?

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Kangaroo Be Stoned

I don't get the Ratner hate. Did no one like Red Dragon and the first Rush Hour?

Cole_Abaius

Red Dragon is a good movie, not a great one. And it's mostly to do with Edward Norton and Ralph Fiennes. At least that's one opinion. Rush Hour is definitely entertaining, but it's sort of a TBS movie. You know? The kind of movie that plays on TBS in the afternoon, and you end up watching it because - what the hell - nothing else is on and you need something in the background anyway.

Kangaroo Be Stoned

And who directed Norton and Fiennes?

ferreson

Your point B cracked me up, hahaha

David G

Wow. Youre right Cole. It seems there are too few, who actually rememeber Milli Vanilli, would even consider watching this( Ages 25-45). Even fewer who would actually spend money to go see this( Ages 25-35. Then the handful who would admit to even having seen it (since Im 27 ill say 27-32). The key demopraphic these days to make any money back on a project is the 13- 35 age group. How many of them under 25 actually can say they knew or cared anything about that infamous lip-sync story?

micheeell

EVERYONE loves the 80s id be there in a minute, the movie is prolly gonna be all about the 80s im excited it's coming out... all 80s things are back right now...

of course its a great idea they were huge. ask around everyone knows who milli vanilli is, where you been?

Because You Asked For It: Brett Ratner for Milli Vanilli Project

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