No, no, no, no, no, no, NO. is Hollywood really this desperate these days? I guess so. But why? Why Hollywood? And why Canada? Why did you inflict this teenage tossbag on the rest of the world? For that we will never forgive you.
Rant over.
As you may have guessed from the title and that opening missive, Justin Bieber is reportedly having a movie biopic made of his life (all 16 years of it), with his rise to fame via YouTube being studied in intense detail. How exciting.
This news comes from Hollywood Life, which quotes a source as saying:
“There currently isn’t a final script, but just like Eminem did in 8 Mile, Justin will star!”
Which echoes what Bieber himself said a few months ago in Teen Vogue:
“We’re trying to set up a movie for me in the near future—it’s going to be similar to the story of how I got discovered – kinda like my own version of 8 Mile.”
So that’s twice Eminem’s 8 Mile has been mentioned. But come on. 8 Mile works because it shows how Eminem’s life changed thanks to rap. Justin Bieber’s life may well have changed thanks to his fame, but it’s not anywhere near as exciting as Eminem’s story.
A Justin Bieber biopic? No thanks. Unfortunately, there are millions of Bieber fans out there who will lap this crap up. Not that many of them will be able to visit a cinema without parental guidance, seeing as they’re all tweens.
