I really can’t do this justice, so let’s just let Variety tell it:

Universal sets up Milli Vanilli film

Universal Pictures has acquired the rights to make a film about Milli Vanilli, the duo that rose to the top of the pop charts and fell just as quickly when they were exposed as frauds.

Jeff Nathanson will write the script and direct the film. Kathleen Kennedy will produce.

Nathanson, who presented a sympathetic look at a check forger in Catch Me if You Can, became intrigued with the notion of taking a similar tack on the music industry tale. He has secured the cooperation of Fabrice Morvan, as well as the estate of Rob Pilatus, who died in 1998 as the pair were attempting a comeback.

God, I loved Milli Vanilli so much when I was eight years old. They were the coolest. Even if this movie’s only half as good as Catch Me if You Can (which was pretty fucking horrible), count me in.