Last year it appeared online that actor Dave Franco would take on the role of none other than Vanilla Ice for an upcoming biopic about the rapper. Noble To the extremeNamed after Ice’s 1990 album, Franco has confirmed his involvement in the project in an interview, revealing that they are nearing the start of pre-production, but that things are on hold for the time being due to the coronavirus. Franco revealed that with the movie he wants to do something in line with his brother’s movie. The artist of disaster, which brought a fun but dramatized version of the making of the infamous bad movie The room.
“With that movie, people expected us to do a broad comedy where we made fun of Tommy Wiseau,” Franco said in an interview with Well-informed person while talking to the extreme. “But the more real we played it, the more fun and sincere it was, that’s the tone we want for this one too.”
Franco also revealed that he has been in contact with Ice, whose real name is Rob Van Winkle, and spoke to him during the quarantine about the project. “Rob is such a sweet and smart guy and he has been a great help in the process of getting all the right details and catching up on information that the public does not know,” added Franco. “Just talking to him I can’t help but think of the rabbit holes I’m going to go down to prepare for the role.”
Chris Goodwin and Phillip Van co-wrote the script for the film that previously appeared on The Black List, an annual collection of Hollywood’s most beloved scripts that have not been produced. Nearly a third of the screenplays submitted ended up being produced, though top award contenders like Argo, The King’s Speech, Juno, Slumdog Millionaire, Spotlight, Manchester by the Sea, and Jojo Rabbit previously appeared on the list.
The slogan for the script reads: “From dropping out of high school selling cars in Dallas to having the first hip-hop single to top the Billboard charts with ‘Ice Ice Baby,’ a young Vanilla Ice struggles with stardom, the extortion attempts and selling off while making music history. “
Vanilla Ice made a pop culture sensation after her 1990 album, named after the film, which featured hits like “Ice Ice Baby” and her version of “Play That Funky Music”. Ice fell out of the public eye, but has remained a central figure in nostalgia for the decade, as it was undoubtedly a trademark of the 1990s in terms of fashion, music, and style. She previously played in several movies, most recently on Netflix. The wrong lady and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II where the “Ninja Rap” worm sang.
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