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Published September 2, 2022

Milli Vanilli Biopic currently filming; set to release next year

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Shooting is currently underway for the Milli Vanilli biopic "Girl You Know It's True," with the studio releasing early images.

The movie stars Elan Ben Ali and Tijan Njie as Fabrice Morvan and Robert Pilatus, the front men for the German R&B group.

Pilatus and Morvan stormed onto the music scene in the late 1980' with multiple #1 hits, including the songs "Blame it on the Rain" and "Girl You Know It's True."

Their success came to a halt in 1989 after speculation that it wasn't their voices on their album.

Everything came to a head when their record began skipping during a live performance, affirming the long-standing rumour that the duo was lip-synching.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Director Simon Verhoeven says the film "Girl You Know It's True" is captivating on so many levels."

"It not only tells the spectacular rise of two underdogs making it to the zenith of showbiz within one summer, it also gives a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of that illusory world of fame and its sometimes tragic and unscrupulous machinations. Personally, I think Rob and Fab did not deserve to become the sole scapegoats of this scandal."

The story, unfortunately, doesn't have a happy ending. Robert Pilatus died in 1998 at 32 years old due to an overdose.

Check out more details about the lip synching gone wrong below.

feature image courtesy of leonine studios via Facebook

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