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=== ''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 β 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>
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