Paramount+ to stream feature-length documentary on R&B duo Milli Vanilli

Milli Vanilli (photo: Michael Putland/Getty via Paramount+)

Paramount+ has acquired a forthcoming feature-length documentary about German-French R&B duo Milli Vanilli.

The doc, titled Milli Vanilli, will launch exclusively on the streaming service later this year following its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival on June 10.

Paramount+ will make it available around the world in territories including the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Latin America and Europe.

Produced by Paramount-owned MTV Entertainment Studios and MRC, Milli Vanilli tells the story of Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan, who became friends during their youth in Germany.

With Pilatus coming from a broken home and Morvan having left an abusive household, they shared a similar upbringing and went on to become one of the most popular pop acts in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

However, they were forced to return a best new artist Grammy Award after it was revealed that neither of them sang on their biggest hits. Pilatus died from an alcohol and prescription drug overdose in 1998.

Milli Vanilli is directed and produced by Luke Korem, and produced by Bradley Jackson, MRC, Keep On Running Pictures and MTV Entertainment Studios. Hanif Abdurraqib and Kim Marlowe serve as executive producers.