EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has made a deal to turn Justin Bieber’s life story into a 3D feature biopic. Davis Guggenheim, the Oscar-winning director of An Inconvenient Truth, is negotiating to direct. The film doesn’t have a title, but Bieber will play himself in the film. The pic will be sprinkled with performances from his current concert tour. The film will come out February 11, 2011 on Valentine’s Day weekend. Manager Scooter Braun and Island Def Jam chairman L.A. Reid will produce the film. Because when you think of romance, you think of a 16-year old who looks much younger. This comes as Bieber made a deal with HarperCollins for a memoir about his life. Is there some explosive secret story that requires multiple platforms to tell? Probably not, but this kid has become enough of a juggernaut for film execs and publishers to see a potentially huge audience for these properties. The YouTube, Facebook and Twitter star has made himself into the most viewed recording artist on YouTube. How popular is he? The video for his recent song, Baby, attracted 270 million views on Youtube. Many think that one reason The Karate Kid overperformed on its opening weekend was because of the video that Bieber made with Jaden Smith. Meanwhile, we’re all waiting breathlessly for the inevitable sequel — Justin Bieber, Puberty: The Testicles Descend.
Here is Bieber’s text.
Meanwhile, here is Justin’s tweet:
just some incredible news…
Next Valentine’s we r coming with a major 3D Movie telling the story with an Oscar winning director and also filmin the tour at MSG in NYC!!/blockquote>
As one of the gaggle that brought the world Rick Springfield’s “Hard to Hold” I can attest that this is scary stuff. :)
im 8 and i love your music
im 8 and i love the music
Hi Bailey I want to say I love your comment so much its my favorite one ever.
for sum resin i never make it to the consert in time
ur cute!
This is an April Fool’s Joke, right? Davis Guggenheim? Is this the next Joachin Phoenix-ish mockumentary? Actually rather brilliant if it is.
Can’t wait for the moment Guggenheim introduces the Beibs to Al Gore and Beibs looks at him blankly.
It’s August. How could there be an April Fool’s joke in August??
Well, it’s no joke.
its no joke so watch it and love it i mean you dont even now him so why judge not on his cuteness though but that is a bonus plus i think hes found the love of his life but he has a lot of talent he should have a very good carrier ahead of him i mean a movie he was also in one of the csi’s he will and should be a very good person i just hope that one day i could meet him and really get to know him my fav song that he wrote is stuck in the moment
This is why children shouldn’t be allowed to use the computer.
life story?
They’ll have to split this epic biopic into two parts. The second half needs to include interviews with people who think he’s cute, ’cause I don’t see it.
Otherwise, waste.of.time.and.resources
hello he rocks ass!!!!!!!!!
hey justin bieber rocks vajinas
man i went to ur concert and u were asome love kelly
I just threw up a little in my mouth.
second.
third..
at least you don’t live in Canada. ugh. it’s so annoying hearing my classmates talk about him 24/7. “omg he’s so hot! he such a good singer! he from Canada too!” like really? blah blah blah
OMG!!!!!!!!! THIS IS GOING TO BE SOOOOOOO GOOD!!!!!!!!! haters dont leave a comment because y would u even be on this site if you hate JB so much?? THE 2011 VALENTINES DAY IS GOING TO BE THE BEST VALENTINES DAY EVER!!!!!!!!!!!! i love you Justin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3
Oh for *bleeps* sake.
Please PLEASE get off this website. This is a site devoted to the business side of the industry. It is not a site for excessive use of exclamation points and letter symbolism from hormonal teenage girls, ok thanks. I like kids, but I don’t want them where I work, and you being here is like a teenager chomping gum in someone’s ear while they type on their computer in a cubicle.
common, LL…
I hope that was pure sarcasm in the original post. I hope…
You’d think someone in the industry would recognize satire …
You assume LL is in the industry…
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whoah , and i didnt think this was a website to hate on a kid who didnt do anything to you ? and were the kidss? wowe , grow up .
& she didnt say this is bieber . com , she was saying if you dont like him isnt it just a waste of yoour oh so precious time to read an article ABOUT HIM , and waste time commenting !
come on dont rain on her parade justin bieber really is talented. he can do things a lot of people cant. so why even put him down? maybe cuz your jealous?
P.S. Why would we be on the site? Because, again, it’s an INDUSTRY WEBSITE, not a Bieber fan site. I believe YOU need to “OMG LIKE SO TOTALLY GO AWAY!!!” yourself.
yes , but why would you be reading about justin bieber if you dont like him ? that is just stupid! so you LIKE TOTALY NEED TO GO GET A LIFEEE !
Y would you be on this site? How DUMB R U? This is not JB.com??!! It’s Deadline, NY??!! I am totally with the author who just threw up a little…I feel violently ill, too…
Die.
im going rite away to see this moviee ! <3
okay haters shutup , because if u hate him so much why waste ur time reading this article about HIM , and waste your time commenting , retards !
its gonna be a great movie , and its gonna make money because Justin Bieber is loved world wide , every belieber is gonna go see him <3
Hope you enjoy the movie….probably will be the longest minute and a half in human history. Be sure to read the four page memoir before going to the movie. You wouldn’t want to miss anything important!
Just because you read an article about someone does not mean you like them according to your logic, people against terrorism should’nt read an article about the al queda. I’m tired of fans using the “why read it if you hate him” Excuse.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!JB IS MY FRIEND ON FAAAACCEEEEEEEEEEEEBBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yall r stupid if u r on the web site and u dont even like him . why would u look him up then ssssssssssssttttttttttttuuuuuuuuuuuppppppppiiiiiiiiiidddddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you are so lucky ask him if i could be his friend on myspace lol :)
that is stupid becase they just wanna get on peoples nerves and be haters but i bet if they met him in person they would prob cry and scream lol !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!in your face haters
This has to be bullshit. It sounds like something @FakeParamount would tweet.
I 2nd Dale.
Adam Goodman is an evil genius.
BIGGER THAN MICHAEL JACKSON!!!!!!! NEW KING OF POP!!!!!
You Bieber fangirls really need to stop typing your comments in all capitals. And hold the exclamation points, please.
OH MY GOD! DOES THIS BOTHER YOU?? CUZ YOU CAN LIKE TOTALLY GET OVER IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(:
YES YOU BIEBER HATERS NEED TO GET A LIFE , WHY HATE ON A 16 YEAR OLD ARE U SERIOUSLY THT MUCH OF A LOW LIFE ? !!!
Are you seriously that much of a low life to like the bieber? plain and simple, she’s shit and morally wrong.
what did justin bieber do to you?
calm the fuck down.
omg i tottaly agree with u.Its so sad hom many haters he has. but I LOVE HIM!!!:))))
FFS. You better be talking sarcastically!
You did not just say that this child is better than Michael Jackson. Yes, Justin has a cute baby face, and for some reason has not gone through puberty and therefore his voice is still like a 9 year old boy. Yes, he “Dazzles” or whatever but he has absolutely no real talent whatsoever. From interviews and articles i’ve read he seems to be not only stupid, but a complete jerk and ignorant to anything important. I’m reading this article only because I heard a rumor that this child is getting a movie in 3D for doing absolutely nothing but promote vanity and I had to see the proof for myself.
By the way
You foolish fangirls who “love” him,
He will never know you ever exist
He will never really appreciate anything you do other then spend money for him
and he will NEVER EVER love you in return
Now, go on Quizilla and take a “Are YOU J-Biebs typez?” quiz and piss yourself when you get the result “FER SUREZ” fools.
amen to that. unfortunately most of the teen girls that read that post will probably do exactly that and most of the rich bitches will pay tons of money to meet him. sooo if only people would just listen to common sense like that, the world would be a lot better place.
o ya
no he is not the king of pop so dont say that
i love you Justin Bieber and bigger fan
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bieber i like your song love and my boy friends
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NE NE my mom gave it to me lovely kids
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You got that right
Douchetastic. This is the single douchiest idea I’ve heard in a long time. The only thing that would have made it douchier would be if Paramount hired Taylor Lautner to play Justin Bieber.
You just won the internet.
lol!!! brilliant,wtf! and this is absolutely the worse idea. can’t you just picture the director giving Justin direction to play himself……hilarious!
You people really don’t understand how this business works, do you.
This reeks of that slob Adam Goodman. Truly embarrassing… What has Paramount become.
Preach on. This is what happens when your studio is populated by brainless d-girls.
Paramount sacked most of its female employees during the Weston, Lesher days. Women deserve to have entertainment geared towards them. Women are treated like the second sex when it comes to movies.
I’m just not sure this is it.
I think Kassan was being sarcastic and calling the d-boys at Par d-girls cuz they’re so bad.
Bieber is a cutie though… I would definitely take a meeting with him.
Creepy…
i heard JB’s going to play every roll, ala eddie murphy. WE LUV U JUSTIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Females once again making their gender look ridiculous.
females arent ridiculous , we teen girls like justin bieber ! why shouldnt we ? hes amazing , an icon ! SO LIKE TOTALLY DONT HATE ! (:
Now, if this was men of all ages going crazy over a 16 year old girl, there’d be pedophilia everywhere.
This generations young women have embarrassed themselves with associating with things like Twilight, Zac Efron, and Justin Bieber. Girls used to have class.
roger that, but you know what, as a 16 year old myself, i pride myself in saying that i do not have hormonal issues over boys that I will not even likely get to lay eyes on in person. I still have dignity while others shame themselves on national TV. that doesn’t mean that people should be posting hate comments, because you shouldn’t waste your maturity by making stupid comments. if your an adult ACT LIKE ONE and set a good example. so i guess it goes both ways.
Most of us still DO have class. It’s just that the ones who don’t are also the loudest.
Honestly? I respect Bieber for getting that far on his own. Amerian dream and all that. But he’s still 16. That is NOT enough material for a life story. And the “hot” thing? I don’t see it. He looks like a 12 year old girl.
I’ll drink to that.
You all should be ashamed of yourselves. Im not a justin LOVER and im not a justin HATER, im happy for him being so popular and all. im a teenage girl and i dont looove twilight, justin, and also zac efron hasnt been popular in years. But what i think you should be ashamed about is that your sitting here arguing about whether he is “HOT” or not. You adults CUSSING in front of kids and teenage girls, BE ASHAMED, and the beibers, You are sitting here arguing with people who your clearly never going to change their minds! Im dissapointed in you adults…. would you talk like this in front of your kids, or neices, or nephews? im just dissapointed. and i wish that this conversation would end.
You’re so ignorant. He’s earning more money than most of the people of the world will never earn in their lifetime and you’re making fun of him! People who hate Justin Bieber or anyone for that matter, are just stupid lowlives who have nothing better to do than to make fun of people they don’t even know.
no were using amendment # 1 freedom of speech wow get a life
This is going to be a short movie.
It’s Bieber’s world and we’re all just living in it folks.
is this a joke?
no he is sexy
It’s such a shame to see what Hollywood has become.
this happens all the time. spice girls movie. beatles. monkeys. marketplace dictates what lives/dies.
You can’t compare Justin Bieber to what the Beatles and the Monkeys were doing… A Spice Girls movie is in the same ballpark, but notice there’s one main difference. This is one kid who started off on YouTube. Hollywood has been complete sh*t for years and we’ve all known it, but this just takes it one level further down the crap shoot.
Adding to that, The Monkees were made for TV, Spice World was a British creation (PolyGram Filmed Entertainment) and The Beatles.. Well they are The Beatles and even when their first film came out in 64 they were the biggest thing in the world. This Justin Bieber thing is being picked up by Paramount Studios, one of the most historic and well known studios in the world and is probably going to be directed by an Oscar winning director. This adds a whole new element to the direction Hollywood has and is heading.
Studios = For-profit businesses.
Bieber = Enormous market.
This idea = Profit.
Profit = Funds for all the high-brow stuff you’re wishing they would pour ALL their resources into.
You = Fan.
Fan = Out of touch with business dynamics.
I’m a Bieber Believer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU’VE BEEN BIEBERED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Does that mean I’ve missed puberty?
ha ha good one. no this means that the younger generation seems to have a faulty genetic makeup. and this is a 16 year olds point of view.
Done right, this could be huge. Bieber is an industry, and he was so cute and charming on SNL. Step Up the true story (his story is not that far off)? Of course, he’s Canadian so it’ll be a much whiter version. Can’t believe the deal was made for 3D – that’s the only part that truly boggles. Otherwise, I know legions of pre-teens who will totally be there on opening day.
I seriously believe Justin Bieber is the Anti Christ!
srsly?
He doesn’t *have* a life-story. He’s just a record company cash-grab like the acts in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijr4rwb2WbE&playnext=1&videos=oGywQkgfgV0 .
I hope his balls drop soon
Just blasted my keyboard with Grey Goose. Thx!
rofl @Anon.. thanks I needed that!
BREAKING: Guggenheim is out–Jean Luc Goddard is in!!!!! BIEBER! BIEBER! BIEBER! BIEBER! HE IZ SOOO SEXIII!!! O’RLY?! RLY!!!!!!!!
Ha-Ha..produced by Scott Rudin from a script by Steven Zailian and Aaron Sorkin.
Meryl Streep and Daniel Day-Lewis have signed on to play Biebers parents.
this has got to be a joke, right? Mike, tell me it’s a cruel cruel, way too late April fool’s joke?
h8rs gunna h8.
And in your case and every follower of Justin Bieber above the age of 4, morons will be morons.
He is no son of mine.
Now, seriously, I’m going to hang myself…
Where’s John Lesher when you need him…