Timbaland slams lifetimes aaliyah movie timbaland live tweeted the aaliyah movie on lifetime and he was not a fan at all us weekly stephen collins child molestation case doesnt seem to. Wendy williams isnt letting the haters get her down. Wendy williams is proud of her aaliyah lifetime movie. Aaliyah lifetime movie may finally reveal truth behind r. Lifetimes biopic of the late singer has been wrought with controversy. The aaliyah lifetime movie is back on with another actress, alexandra shipp, and wendy williams as executive producer, it was announced on friday july 18.
Aaliyah celebrity profile check out the latest aaliyah photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. The good news is that it executes those expectations flawlessly. Look for twitter to be set ablaze tonight and tomorrow morning after this movie. The movie bears little resemblance to aaliyahs life and career, and tells a dissatisfying story for fans as well as general audiences. Alexandra shipp wendy williams has also boarded the tv movie that was previously set to star zendaya coleman. Zendaya to play aaliyah in new lifetime original movie. Everything i liked about lifetimes terrible aaliyah movie. Oct 02, 2014 with a little over a month until the air date, lifetime releases the first trailer for their upcoming aaliyah. A lifetime press release in june said zendaya would rerecord four aaliyah songs for the film, but on sunday, a source told e. Lifetime has found its replacement for zendaya coleman. New episodes fridays at 98c watch family followups now.
The movies future was in question until alexandra shipp house of anubis signed on as aaliyah and gossipy talkshow host wendy williams joined as executive producer, shepherding the movie to. Aaliyah was a gogetter, and lifetime made sure that was apparent. The princess of r and b biopic that chronicles the career of music legend aaliyah, whose life ended tragically in a 2001 plane crash in the bahamas. Lifetimes aaliyah movie gets blasted from every corner of.
Zendaya coleman was the first actress to be cast in the role, but she bowed out due to public pressure, leaving the door. Aaliyah was allegedly married, secretly and illegally, to r. The film premiered on the lifetime channel on november 15, 2014 and was met with criticism in its early stages of production due to aaliyahs familys disapproval of lifetimes choice to create the film. We havent seen a movie get dragged this bad since mariah carey made her big debut in glitter.
The madefortv film was produced for the lifetime cable network and aired in 2015. Singeractress zendaya is set to star in lifetimes original movie aaliyah. Lifetime actually removed the posted hashtag around halfway through the movie. For all the accomplishments that filled aaliyahs tragically short life, theres not much, dramatically speaking, upon which to hang a movie even a relatively modest one for lifetime. The story of music and video star aaliyah, whose life ended tragically in a 2001 plane crash in the bahamas. Lifetimes aaliyah biopic should never have been made. Lifetimes aaliyah biopic trailer set to iggy azaleas.
The song was released on april, 2001, as the lead single for aaliyahs selftitled 2001 album aaliyah. Phoenix native alexandra shipp plays aaliyah in tv movie. If were to believe the movie, it was always aaliyah never a famehungry momager or stage dad who wanted a. With alexandra shipp, elise neal, lyriq bent, morgan kelly. Aaliyah dana haughton january 16, 1979 brooklyn, new york city, new york, usa. On saturday, lifetime will air its aaliyah biopic, aaliyah. As the executive producer of lifetimes controversial aaliyah biopic, which premiered on. Their controversial romance has remained one of the biggest mysteries of the superstars short lif. We need a resolution is a song performed by american recording artist aaliyah. It was controversial because aaliyahs family objected to its production. August 25, 2001 age 22 marsh harbour, abaco island, bahamas. Lifetime, the network with the most overthetop movies usually involving someone doing some wrong and paying the price or a mothers quest to findhelp her child, is taking on a biopic of. It was written by static major and timbaland, who also produced and contributed a featured rap.