Run-DMC. The Beastie Boys. Rakim Big Daddy Kane. LL Cool J. Nas. Jay Z.
after Ice’s debut album and the one he will headline, “it’s been in development for a while” but is “moving closer and closer to pre-production.” “data-reactid =” 33 “> Vanilla Ice (born Robert Van Winkle), The Wonder of Success behind 1990’s inescapable pop-rap sensation,” Ice Pressure Baby “, will receive the biopic before any of these legends of the genre. Actor Dave Franco confirmed this when Insider Jason Guerrasio told him that the film, called To the extreme after Ice’s debut album and the one he will headline, “it’s been in development for a while” but is “getting closer and closer to pre-production.
While this news may seem like a crime against hip-hop, or at least its pioneers, it’s not entirely surprising.
“With that movie, people expected us to do a broad comedy where we made fun of Tommy Wiseau, but the more real we played it, the more fun and sincere it was – that’s the tone we want for this one too,” Younger Franco told Insider.
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was described in a 2019 Weekly production launching a call with this motto: “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 while making music history. ” data-reactid = “72”> Written by Chris Goodwin and Phillip Van, To the extreme was described in a 2019 Weekly production launching a call with this motto: “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 while making music history. “
“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 making us aware of information that the public doesn’t know,” he told Insider. “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.”
So sure, there may be other hip-hop stars more deserving of biopic commemorations, but at least this one has legitimate potential.
Which reminds us … when will MC Hammer get his movie?
