There have been reports that Warner Brother Films will be creating a movie about Aaliyah, who died in a plane crash in 2001. Bill Condon, director of “DreamGirls” will be directing the film. Canadian singer Keisha Chante is to play Aaliyah.
“We are going to great extremities to make this movie perfect. We have Chante in extensive training studying, speaking with family members, watching personal footage and in choreography training with Aaliyah’s choreographer and dear friend Fatima Robinson. This movie will be seamless the same way it was for Selena fans who enjoyed Jennifer Lopez. I can promise Aaliyah fans that this movie will be ten notches higher.”
A source for the film reveals that they “will be going very deep into Aaliyah’s life” and will allow fans to see the “most intimate side of Aaliyah’s legacy.” Sources say the script for the film ‘holds no bars’ and will go as far as touching on the subject of Aaliyah’s highly debated and publicized marriage and annulment to producer R.Kelly.
It has also been confirmed Aaliyah’s colleagues will be featured in the film. Her choreographer Fatima Robinson, Producer and friends, Timbaland, Missy Elliot, Ginuwine, even world renowned music video director Hype Williams will be apart of the film and help re-create the “Rock The Boat” video set which was the last video Aaliyah ever shot. The movie is tentative to start production end of March and is rumored to have a production budget of over 80 million dollars.
I actually used to want to be Aaliyah when I was younger. I cannot begin to explain how deep the infatuation went. All I wore was Tommy Hilfiger. I’m still mad that I never got the red and blue pants she wore in the commercial and in the ads and that my mom wouldn’t let me wear mens boxers under my jeans so the band could show. I also own an unusual amount of leather, including both the fitted and baggy leather pants she wore in “Are You That Somebody” (it won’t let me post it in here) and “Try Again”. The outfit was Gucci in the “Try Again” video and I wanted the belt (when would I ever wear that?). I remember accusing my cousin of lying when she called me to tell she had just died. She is the only celebrity I’ve ever cried over.
Source: Necole Bitchie
