A decorated film-maker is taking on the story of shamed German pop duo Milli Vanilli.
The band, featuring Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan, was a huge hit after being formed in 1988, but had a dramatic fall from favour after it was discovered the pair lip-synched to the voices of The Numarks, a group which included executive Kevil Liles of Def Jam Records.
They were forced to hand back a Grammy award they won in 1990 for Best New Artist, faced several lawsuits, and a campign to refund consumers.
An album featuring their real voices flopped, and their downfall was followed by Pilatus' descent into personal problems, including drug abuse. He died, apparently as a result of a alcohol and drug overdose, on the eve of a promotional tour for a comeback album, in 1998.
Fab has continued to work as a recording artist and DJ.
Now, German director Florian Gallenberger is set to take on a big screen biopic about the pair, reports Allhiphop.com.
Gallenberger, a former actor and philosophy student, won an Academy Award in 2001 in the Best Live Action Short Film category for his short film Quiero Ser (I want to be...), which was set in Mexico.
He has directed two features: Shadows of Time, an epic about India made in the Benglai language, and John Rabe, about a German businessman who created a Safety Zone in Nanking which saved 200,000 Chinese people during the second World War. The film won 4 German Academy Awards, including best film.
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