Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969)[1] is an American film director and producer. He directed the Rush Hour film series, The Family Man, Red Dragon, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Tower Heist.
Is Brett Ratner still directing?
Seven years after his hiatus, director Brett Ratner is reportedly planning to return to Hollywood with his latest film. Last week, Ratner was asked to direct a biopic about the duo Milli Vanilli.
Milli Vanilli is a German R&B pop duo who received a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1990. They were one of the most successful duo actors in the early 90s until their lip-sync case went viral.
As a result, their Grammy Award was returned and the incident became the talk of its time. For a decade, Ratner has been linked with the biopic Milli Vanilli. As quoted from Deadline, previously this project will be worked on by The Kennedy/Marshall Company.
The project was continued after all of Milli Vanilli’s hits such as Girl You Know It’s True, Blame It On The Rain, and others were acquired from group member Fab Morvan to be featured in the film. Considering that Ratner was directing, RatPac Entertainment (Ratner’s production house) would be on the production side. Meanwhile, this biopic is the 51-year-old director’s latest work after directing Hercules in 2014.
However, Ratner’s return to the film industry was not welcomed. The Time’s Up organization which focuses on the campaign against sexual harassment reacted to this news.
The Time’s Up organization was founded on January 1, 2018, in response to a sexual harassment case by Harvey Weinstein and the Me Too movement. To TIME, many of Weinstein’s victims have spoken out about the case and Time’s Up is supporting the survivors.
Shortly after the announcement of Brett Ratner’s return to the world of cinema, the organization Time’s Up voiced over Deadline’s report that Millenium Media appointed Ratner as director of the biopic Milli Vanilli.