The Aaliyah Archives News: Stop the Rumored Aaliyah Biopic

Being a blogger, it is part of my duty to write, promote and establish facts based upon information that needs better understanding. So all of you guys are aware that yesterday it was confirmed that Zendaya Coleman would be taking the role of Aaliyah for this 'alledged' Biopic Movie. Now personally, I have no hate towards Zendaya since she herself showed admiration towards our beloved Babygirl via her Twitter page. However, I am highly outraged by the fact how no one has taken The Haughton Family into consideration. It is so insensitive towards their well being and feelings that quite frankly it just makes me sick. Even MC rapper Monie Love has expressed her views to all of us, stating the fact that if her family are not on board, neither are #Team Aaliyah. And rightly so! I am so happy she has brought awareness to everyone, because there are still a lot of people who still don't get it. So I shall leave you with a quote from the petition site which you can sign here via http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-the-rumored-aaliyah-biopic

Petition Description: "This petition is to stop the making of this Aaliyah biopic. It's wrong that Aaliyah's mother or brother didn't have a say so in this movie that is being made. The fans didn't get a say so and neither did any of Aaliyah's friends. As her fans, we're going to do anything in our power to stop this movie. Little do we know, this is hurting Mrs. Haughton and Rashad. They're about to make something that didn't even get approved from her family. That is beyond disrespectful. If you agree that this movie shouldn't be made, you need to vote. If you really respect Aaliyah, you have to respect her mother and her brothers wishes. It's only right. It was Aaliyah's life. And they're taking it too far now. We need to put a stop to this!" 

If you are a true fan you will do whatever it takes to spread the word and let it be known to people of what is currently happening. So I urge you please sign the petition, since we as fans need to do everything that we possibly can in order to help support Diane and Rashad. Let's put a stop to this once and for all guys! I would also like to add a quote from TheReal_Ness via Lipstickalley.com. They speak truth and 'realness' in what they say, so it was only right that I share it with you all! If this message doesn't sink in, I don't know what else will. Please take the time to read, understand and share. One love. <3

  
TheReal_Ness: "Some of you all are missing the big picture here. This has not a damn thing to do with music, legacy, none of that shit. I'm going to say it straight from how it was said to me. It's not about protecting anything. Diane is still grieving. I don't think some of you understand exactly how close Aaliyah was to her family--particularly Diane, Rashad, and her father. Especially her Mother. Diane hasn't been to the mausoleum in YEARS. She simply cannot go anymore. Do you know that when they were burying Michael (who is right above Aaliyah), she didn't even go in? She stayed outside for the interment. This woman's pain is raw and still very much real, over a decade later. Furthermore, Barry and her are NOT on speaking terms! There has been some bad blood there for a long time now, and you all don't understand that either. Diane wants no part of the industry that she feels is responsible for her child losing her life. To hell with a biopic, unreleased music, all of that. She wants no part of it. She is not one of those people who wants to capitalize off of a tragedy, especially regarding her own daughter. I've said it before man, the Haughtons are good people, down to earth, and warm. And they're still hurting." 

The Aaliyah Archives: News

So it seems as though another person has auditioned for this 'Aaliyah role'. She goes by the name of Keshia Chanté. A lot of you will probably know her famously for her paying homage in a few magazine photoshoots, where she depicted our beloved Babgygirl. We have also encountered some fake fans who from those very same pictures, have gone on to claim it's Aaliyah (like seriously are you dumb? lol) To narrow it down, this is the girl who people have always talked about in terms of her high resemblance with Aaliyah 'looks wise'. Now I aint gonna lie, she does have 'some' resemblance towards Babygirl, not 100%, but you can definitely see it. From the picture shown below, Keshia Chanté posted a very alluring picture of herself with the caption –"The Audition"

Now, this movie has been going 'back & forth' since 2008 since The Haughton Family have not given it the thumbs up, and rightly so. When it comes to their daughter it's a very sensitive subject so people need to understand why they are so against it. What is interesting is something that I am going to share with you all right now. Courtesy to Necole Bitchie for sharing this information, but apparantly The Haughton Family have no control on whether the film gets released or not. Now hold up...can I have a 'say whaaaa' moment? Yes, you read that correctly! Some time back in 2012 Keshia Chanté revealed this saying...

Keshia Chanté: "What I will say is…I did meet a few people production company wise that are developing the Aaliyah movie and they spoke to me about playing her in the biopic of her life. And from my understanding, there are people trying to create a movie and Aaliyah’s family are still mourning her loss and aren’t ready to share her story and create a film. So there’s a bit of back and forth thing with her family and with creative people.

…unfortunately from my understanding they don’t have complete control of her estate. So a movie could technically be made without them green lighting it and I kind of think that’s unfortunate. So I want her family to be on board and to be happy with it. It’s still kind of lingering in the air. I would love to play the part. I’m a huge fan of Aaliyah…I would want to do it justice and exceed people’s expectations of it."

And there you have it! No doubt Aaliyah's Uncle Barry Hankerson has had some (infact majority) involvement in all of this, which I am sure most of you will agree on. It's just not right! My heart goes out to The Haughton Family right now because this has gone way too far! Smh... 

The Aaliyah Archives: News

What's good people? Hope all my readers are doing well out there! :o) Now it was only a matter of time until I gave you my own personal views on this matter, so without further a due continue to read on. If you guys remember I made a few posts about this beforehand which you can read here and here. For all those who haven't read the previous posts, I suggest you do, so that it gives you a better understanding of what's been going on. 

Now as you can see from above, a potential candidate who goes by the name of Tristin Mays auditioned for this role and expressed herself via Instagram, telling us how she unfortunately did not get booked for the role of The Aaliyah Story: A VH1 Original Movie. Personally I am quite surprised as Rashad Haughton made it very clear a few weeks back via Twitter that there was no movie happening, which leads me to believe that The Haughton Family are against the film being released. Some people have been wondering why some are not in favor of this movie being released, well the fact remains that if The Haughton Family do not agree to this movie, I too shall not be supporting it either, case closed. 

At the end of the day, we have to look at the bigger picture and realise that it's not just any type of movie, it's a movie based on a real life person, someone to whom people knew as a friend, crush, lover, sister, daughter, singer, actress, model etc... If the family are 100% for it, than by all means continue, since a project like this needs to be handled in the correct manner with the people who knew her best. I also strongly believe that if there is going to be a movie, Aaliyah deserves more than just a VH1 production, I mean she only acted in Romeo Must die, Queen Of The Damned and would of also been in The Matrix and Honey if she were still alive, so I say no more! What do you guys think? Are you yay or nay?

The Aaliyah Archives: News

Hey guys! Now, a lot of buzz has been going around over this alleged 'Aaliyah Movie' So obviously the curiosity in me wanted to find out whether this was real or not. Since I am not one for believing stuff straight away, I like to make sure it's 100% fact. Unless this is confirmed by reliable sources, for example the Haughton Family themselves, I believe otherwise until I see it for myself. Obviously I would love to see something like this since I am a huge fan, but gathered from the tweets which I have seen from 'Barry Hankerson' the account looks suspect! Apparently if this rumor is true, we may just get to see the premiere release date on January 14th 2014. Until then, we will have to wait and see what happens. I shall no doubt keep tabs on this for all of you! Having said that, I do know for a fact that one movie of Aaliyah has been released, but one which not many people know about, so I shall do a special post in regards to that, so stay tuned! :o)