Editing Milli Vanilli (section)

== Films ==
In January 2014, the actual Milli Vanilli singers—Jodie Rocco, Linda Rocco, John Davis and Brad Howell—filmed an in-depth interview with the producers of ''Oprah: Where Are They Now'' for [[Oprah Winfrey Network (U.S. TV channel)|OWN TV]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Why Some of the "Real" Voices Behind Milli Vanilli Kept Quiet |url=http://www.oprah.com/own-where-are-they-now/why-some-of-the-real-voices-behind-milli-vanilli-kept-quiet-video |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124055109/http://www.oprah.com/own-where-are-they-now/why-some-of-the-real-voices-behind-milli-vanilli-kept-quiet-video |archive-date=24 November 2018 |access-date=23 November 2018 |website=OWNTV Season 3 Episode 308 Aired on 21 February 2014}}</ref> The documentary ''Milli Vanilli: From Fame to Shame'', directed by German Oliver Schwehm and produced by Hannah Lenitzki from Bremedia Produktion, was released in 2016.<ref>Milli Vanilli: From Fame to Shame {{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6693994/ |title=Archived copy |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=21 July 2018 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308065102/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6693994/ |url-status=bot: unknown }} IMDb, 1h documentary, 23 July 2016</ref> Previous attempts to produce a film had all failed:

* On 14 February 2007, it was announced that [[Universal Pictures]] was developing a film based on the true story of Milli Vanilli's rise and fall in the music industry. [[Jeff Nathanson]], a screenwriter known for ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]'', was to write and direct the film. Morvan was supposed to serve as a consultant, providing his and Pilatus's point of view.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Nicole Frehsee |date=19 June 2008 |title=Girl, You Know It's True: Milli Vanilli Biopic Will Reveal the Truth (!) : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/02/20/girl-you-know-its-true-milli-vanill-biopic-will-reveal-the-truth/ |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619083951/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/02/20/girl-you-know-its-true-milli-vanill-biopic-will-reveal-the-truth/ |archive-date=19 June 2008 |access-date=22 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Catsoulis |first=Jeannette |year=2012 |title=Movie Reviews – The New York Times |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/449676/Untitled-Universal-Pictures-Milli-Vanilli-Project-/details |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103192425/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/449676/Untitled-Universal-Pictures-Milli-Vanilli-Project-/details |archive-date=3 November 2012 |access-date=22 September 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]] |department=Movies & TV Dept.}}</ref> However, the project was never completed.
* In 2011, German director [[Florian Gallenberger]] declared that he was reviving the project and would be rewriting the script.<ref>{{cite web |title=No Filter |url=http://www.ifc.com/news/2011/02/the-milli-vanilli-film.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909111437/http://www.ifc.com/news/2011/02/the-milli-vanilli-film.php |archive-date=9 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=IFITSMOVIES – Serving you the best. |url=http://www.ifitsmovies.com/2011/02/the-milli-vanilli-film-finds-oscar-winning-director/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215004759/http://www.ifitsmovies.com/2011/02/the-milli-vanilli-film-finds-oscar-winning-director/ |archive-date=15 February 2011}}</ref>
* Director [[Brett Ratner|Bret Ratner]] attempted to make his version of a Milli Vanilli biopic, but the project was eventually canceled in 2021 after numerous [[Time's Up (organization)|Time's Up]] [[sexual harassment]] allegations against Ratner became public.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Gardner |first=Chris |date=2021-02-25 |title=Brett Ratner's Milli Vanilli Biopic Dropped |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/milli-vanilli-biopic-dropped-9531204/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> For this project, Morvan had sold his exclusive life rights to Ratner's production company [[RatPac-Dune Entertainment|RatPac Entertainment]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2021-02-20 |title=Brett Ratner Lines Up Directing Comeback On Milli Vanilli Biopic With Millennium Launching Sales |url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/brett-ratner-comeback-directing-milli-vanilli-movie-millennium-efm-1234697616/ |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> which is why Morvan could not be involved in any competing project in development.

=== ''Milli Vanilli'' ===
{{Main|Milli Vanilli (film)}}

On March 13, 2021, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' announced a feature documentary was in the works directed by [[Luke Korem]] and produced by Korem, Bradley Jackson, Keep on Running Pictures and [[MRC (company)|MRC]]. Korem said that "the truth of what happened is more bizarre than anyone knows...there are so many layers, characters, and twists that have never before been revealed".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trakin |first=Roy |date=2021-05-13 |title=Milli Vanilli's Story to Be Told in Documentary, 'Girl You Know It's True,' From MRC Non-Fiction (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/milli-vanilli-documentary-mrc-nonfiction-fulwell-73-1234967433/ |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> On his [[Facebook]] fanpage, Fab Morvan announced on 4 July 2022 the new documentary film about Milli Vanilli in the works, which he was involved in.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fab Morvan |url=https://www.facebook.com/FabMorvanFanPage |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref> 

On June 1, 2023, it was announced [[Paramount+]] had acquired the film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=2023-06-01 |title=Paramount+ Snaps Up Milli Vanilli Feature Doc |url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/paramount-snaps-up-milli-vanilli-feature-doc-1235398248/ |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> It then premiered at the [[Tribeca Festival]] on June 10, 2023.<ref name="korem" /> The documentary film received positive critical reviews, including ''Variety'' calling it a "captivating and moving documentary" and that it "brings off something at once strategic, artful, and humane".<ref name=gleiberman >{{Cite magazine|last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |date=2023-06-12 |title='Milli Vanilli' Review: The Saga of the Infamous Pop Duo, Now Seen From the Inside, Becomes a Captivating and Moving Documentary |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/milli-vanilli-review-tribeca-festival-1235639867/|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' released the trailer on September 13, 2023, and the documentary had a global release on October 24, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hibberd |first=James |date=2023-09-13 |title='Milli Vanilli' Trailer Tells Untold Story of Music's Most Infamous Con |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/milli-vanilli-documentary-trailer-paramount-1235589581/ |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|100|7.8|24|With clarity and compassion, Milli Vanilli reframes one of pop's most infamous scandals as a sobering cautionary tale.|access-date=May 20, 2024}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Milli Vanilli |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/milli_vanilli |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026200849/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/milli_vanilli |archive-date=October 26, 2023 |access-date=April 30, 2024 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> The documentary was selected as a critic's pick by both ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''Variety''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |date=June 12, 2023 |title='Milli Vanilli' Review: The Saga of the Infamous Pop Duo, Now Seen from the Inside, Becomes a Captivating and Moving Documentary |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/milli-vanilli-review-tribeca-festival-1235639867/ |access-date=November 10, 2023 |website=Variety}}</ref> Both ''[[The Telegraph (London)|The Telegraph]]'' and ''[[The Times]]'' gave the film four out of five stars.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Anita |date=October 25, 2023 |title=The Milli Vanilli story: from being 'better than McCartney' to being exposed as frauds |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2023/10/25/milli-vanilli-paramount-review-pops-tragicomic-duo/ |access-date=November 10, 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Midgley |first=Carol |date=November 10, 2023 |title=Milli Vanilli review — how a lip-syncing scandal ended in tragedy |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/milli-vanilli-review-how-a-lip-syncing-scandal-ended-in-tragedy-59nsx27c7 |access-date=November 10, 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''Variety'' named ''Milli Vanilli'' one of the best documentaries of 2023.<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=Peter Debruge |author2=Owen Gleiberman |author3=Manuel Betancourt |author4=Catherine Bray |author5=Dennis Harvey |author6=Lisa Kennedy |author7=Jessica Kiang |author8=Richard Kuipers |author9=Guy Lodge |author10=Chris Willman |date=December 29, 2023 |title=The Best Documentaries of 2023 |url=https://variety.com/lists/best-documentaries-2023/ |access-date=January 16, 2024 |magazine=Variety}}</ref>

=== ''Girl You Know It's True'' ===
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Between 2021 and 2022, [[Simon Verhoeven]] directed and wrote the Milli-Vanilli biopic ''[[Girl You Know It's True (film)|Girl You Know It's True]]'', which was filmed in [[Munich]], [[Berlin]], [[Cape Town]], and [[Los Angeles]]. The film was produced by [[Wiedemann & Berg Film Production|Wiedemann & Berg Film]], with [[Leonine Holding|Leonine]] as the theatrical distributor, due to be released in cinemas 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=2022-08-31 |title=Milli Vanilli Biopic 'Girl You Know It's True' First-Look Photos Revealed By Leonine Studios |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/leonine-studios-milli-vanilli-girl-you-know-its-true-1235104166/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> The movie stars [[:de:Tijan Njie|Tijan Njie]] and Elan Ben Ali as Pilatus and Morvan as well as [[Matthias Schweighöfer]] as Farian.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Milli Vanilli is the subject of an upcoming biopic — see the 1st pics |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/music/milli-vanilli-subject-biopic-girl-know-true-rcna45947 |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=TODAY.com |date=September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> One of the [[executive producer]]s is [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] music producer and performer [[Kevin Liles]] who composed the original version of "Girl You Know It's True" by his Baltimore DJ crew Numarx in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |date=2022-09-01 |title=Milli Vanilli Biopic Players Revealed in 'Girl You Know It's True' First Look |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/girl-you-know-its-true-milli-vanilli-biopic-first-look-matthias-schweighofer-1235210126/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> The film's North American premiere took place at the 2024 [[Berlin & Beyond Film Festival]] in [[San Francisco]] with Morvan in attendance. In June 2024, [[Vertical (film company)|Vertical]] acquired North American distribution rights to the film, planning a day-and-date release on August 9, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|title=Milli Vanilli Biopic 'Girl You Know It's True' Acquired By Vertical |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=18 June 2024|access-date=18 June 2024|url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/milli-vanilli-biopic-girl-you-know-its-true-acquired-vertical-1235969584/}}</ref>