Mötley Crüe's 'The Dirt' To Get Film Treatment By 'Jackass' Director

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The A.V. Club reports that Jackass director Jeff Tremaine will direct a movie version of Mí¶tley Crüe‘s ridiculously F’d-up tale of dumb depravity, as told in their 2001 official autobiography, The Dirt. Tremaine, obviously no stranger to translating dangerous excess to the screen, still has quite a task ahead of him. As A.V. Club’s Sean O’Neal puts it:

Tremaine acknowledges of the band’s tales of debauchery, Some of what they went through is funny, but overall this movie is not going to be a comedy. It’s pretty dark ” owing to the fact that Motley Crüe behaved like some real shitbags, and not in the fun, Jackass prank sort of way. With that in mind, the process now moves on to casting actors who play, or who understand how to deliver the charisma it takes to be onstage, as well the charisma it takes to be in a story that has them degrading and even raping groupies, then killing a guy, while still remaining oddly likeable. They should also be able to fake-sing Dr. Feelgood.

I hate these Oscar-bait movies.