A documentary chronicling the recognition of boy bands like *NSYNC, New Children on the Block and Backstreet Boys has been greenlit by Paramount+.
In keeping with Selection, the as-yet untitled documentary will hint the legacy of boy bands throughout the top of their fame within the ‘90s and early-2000s, and can function interviews with boy band members in addition to archival music footage.
The challenge will probably be directed by Tamra Davis, whose credit embody the music movies for New Children on the Block’s ‘Name It What You Need’ and Hanson’s ‘MMMBop’, amongst others. The documentary is co-produced by Johnny Wright, who beforehand served because the tour supervisor for each New Children on the Block and *NSYNC member, Justin Timberlake.
“The Nineties boy band period was a unprecedented chapter in music the place harmonies and beats got here collectively,” Wright mentioned of the documentary, per Rolling Stone. “To today, the boy bands proceed to encourage, uplift and unite – reminding us of a good time that can endlessly maintain a particular place in our hearts.”
The documentary is produced by leisure studio Gunpowder & Sky, who had been beforehand concerned in music tasks just like the 2023 sequence I Wanna Rock: The ‘80s Steel Dream and the three-part yacht rock documentary, Generally When We Contact.
Talking of the boy band documentary, co-producer Van Toffler credited teams like The Jackson 5 with “pav[ing] the way in which for boy bands”, and mentioned traces of their legacy may be discovered in additional present bands like One Path and Ok-pop group BTS.
The information comes amid the current reunion of *NSYNC, almost 20 years after their disbandment in 2004. After a string of public appearances collectively, together with ultimately month’s MTV VMAs, the boy band returned final week with their first official single since 2002, titled ‘Higher Place’.
The music options on the soundtrack of the upcoming movie Trolls Band Collectively, a sequel to 2016’s Trolls which featured Timberlake in a voice function and noticed him contribute the soundtrack music ‘Can’t Cease The Feeling’.
