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Napster: The Movie

Posted by chrisd on from the when-the-weird-turn-pro dept.

Joey Patterson writes "Looks like the story of Napster founder Shawn Fanning is headed to the small screen. CNET News.com reports that Fanning has signed a deal with MTV to turn his life story into a movie, which will focus on his personal saga during Napster's rise and fall. There's no word yet on who the cast will be (although Fanning may play himself), but Alex Winter (who played Bill in the "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" movies) will write (and possibly direct) the film."

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  1. I hope by squarefish · · Score: 2, Troll

    they don't turn it into a broadway musical!

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  2. Re:it IS a rip off! by Anenga · · Score: 1, Troll
    I don't expect MTV to actually come up with good^H^H^H^H any ideas, I 'm just impressed that they decided to rip off an intruiging one!

    Well, I think The Osbournes is a pretty good show. Real World is also a good show where I've seen many seasons, and has been on the air for a long time... probably one of the first "reality shows" to really go on air.

    Road Rules used to be good, but now they have that "Voting off" thing which totally blows. TRL (Total Request Live) is also a pretty good show also, though Carson Daily can get a bit annoying at times.

    MTV does pretty good for itself, VH1 pretty much sucks and tries hard to grab MTV's marketshare/mindshare.