The story of music and video star aaliyah, whose life ended tragically in a 2001 plane crash in the bahamas. Heavily protested by her family and closest friends and collaborators, aaliyah. At the age of 12, aaliyah signed with jive records and her uncle barry hankerson. Alexandra shipp is starring as the late singer aaliyah in the first trailer for lifetimes biopic aaliyah. No one is more aware of that than the producers of aaliyah. We havent seen a movie get dragged this bad since mariah carey made her big debut in glitter. It was controversial because aaliyahs family objected to its production. Kiely williams was then offered the role but turned it down. Saudin the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 28 min, and received a score of out of 100. January 16, 1979 august 25, 2001 was an american singer, actress, and model. But there was much more to aaliyah than choreographed dance moves, movie roles, and a celebrated voice. Saturday night saw the premiere of the latest addition to the lifetimemovie canon, aaliyah. Aaliyahs family succeeded in blocking the use of most of her. 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.
Check out the full movie at and movie photos below. Chante dropped out of production after aaliyahs family voiced their opposition to the film. Ive not read the book, but i sincerely hope its more insightful than the movie. After months of anticipation and a major cast shakeup, lifetime has released the very first trailer for the networks upcoming biopic aaliyah. This biopic of the 1990s superstar, whose life was cut short at. To this day, young stars like keke palmer, zendaya and tink have imitated the. The film premiered on the lifetime channel on november 15, 2014 and was met with criticism in its early stages of production due to aaliyah s familys disapproval of lifetimes choice to create the film. Their controversial romance has remained one of the biggest mysteries of the superstars short lif. More than a woman by christopher john farley, the film arrives on dvd and digital hd via lionsgate on march 10. With alexandra shipp, elise neal, lyriq bent, morgan kelly.
Then again, aaliyahs short life, aside from that business with r. So did fans, who accuse the filmmakers of romanticizing her relationship with the much. Before beyonce and rihanna, selfproclaimed street but sweet aaliyah was poised to become a global icon. The upandcoming actresssinger and star of lifetimes aaliyah biopic, aaliyah. The film was then shelved for nearly five years until.
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