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Posted by: -Jay- 17th April 2022, 09:38 AM

Latest news 25th July 2022: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=256224&view=findpost&p=7151640

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They rose to fame at warp speed nearly 30 years ago and now the Spice Girls have teamed up with a Star Trek devotee to make a candid documentary about their stellar career.

J. J. Abrams, who has directed hugely successful Star Wars and Star Trek movies, approached the girls with the idea.

Sources say Geri Horner, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Melanie Brown have all agreed to co-operate with the film – and Posh Spice Victoria Beckham is tempted to join in too.

The documentary would tell the story of the band’s rise to stardom in the mid-1990s and feature interviews and unseen material from their personal archives.

Mr Abrams and his business partner, Hollywood movie director Jason Hehir, are now shopping the project around streaming giants including Netflix.

‘The four girls have committed to it and it’s happening,’ said an insider. ‘It has been developed and it’s now going out to streamers as part of a bidding war.

‘Victoria is open-minded about it which the others are really optimistic about, because previously she has flatly refused to take part in any kind of reunions.

‘But this is high-end and, most importantly, won’t require her to sing as she has insisted that she will never do so on stage again.’

Mr Abrams, 55, is regarded as one of Hollywood’s top directors and his firm Bad Robot Productions is currently working on a reboot of the Superman movie franchise.

A source close to the documentary said: ‘There have been similar projects about The Beatles and One Direction, but there is real excitement about this.

'It will give millions of Spice Girls fans an exclusive insight into life during those years.’

Posted by: spiceboy 17th April 2022, 12:47 PM

I mean it’s something I guess but meh…

Apparently someone spoke to Mel B who said the animated movie was cancelled but something more exciting was coming… I hope she didn’t mean this 🤣

Posted by: schizo_spice 17th April 2022, 01:08 PM

I dont think the animated movie would've worked anyway.

Posted by: dromeda 17th April 2022, 02:36 PM

I think this is perfect. JJ Abrans has a different view about things. He working on a Spice Girls project is something I would never predict 😂

Posted by: Piers 17th April 2022, 04:04 PM

I'm admittedly not up on my British newspapers/tabloids...but...is Daily Mail especially reliable? If JJ Abrams was really shopping around a Spice Girls doc to Netflix, I'd kinda think a Hollywood Reporter or Variety might report on it.

But. Anyway. For now, let's just pretend there's some truth to this.

I'd be a little split on yet another documentary. I feel like Giving You Everything delivered as much as we can honestly expect out of a group so guarded. I feel like the story of them has been told...a lot. So a doc would need to dive into some interesting new territory.

To me, one interesting angle of their story that no one's ever tackled is their forced fall from success in the US market. In 1998, they had two albums sitting in the top ten albums chart...and US radio, MTV, and VH1 was basically pretending they didn't exist. Radio/video play was nearly nonexistent for the clear biggest pop act in the country. The thought of any of them having another US hit by 1999 seemed impossible. What happened? My guess has always been that record companies for the homegrown upcoming pop acts knew the Spices were their competition...and worked behind the scenes to remove the threat. Whatever the case may be, there has to be some interesting dynamics in the 90s pop music world to explore there. Furthermore, what was at play in the Grammy's public refusal to nominate them? Their other pop contemporaries of the time got nominations.

Posted by: -Jay- 17th April 2022, 05:59 PM

I've seen a few fans complaining about the idea of another documentary. I know that we've seen them all and are very familiar with their story. If it is true that they'll have a Netflix documentary, there's so much potential for them to reach viewers around the world who've never seen a previous documentary and may not know all that much about the Spice Girls. Particularly the younger generation that might not know all that much beyond Wannabe. So I'm not against the idea of this, if it's true! Though I do hope that there would be details that hadn't previously been shared before. Plus it's high time they put more focus on the Forever era.

Daily Mail probably can be taken with a pinch of salt though!

That would be a very interesting point to focus on Piers, re: the sudden lack of support in the US. Certainly not something that's been discussed much. Perhaps sacking Simon Fuller had some repercussions? They were still such a relatively new artist, barely months into their US career. Hmm!

Posted by: Spice Girls Net 17th April 2022, 06:10 PM

Rather than a rehash of another GYE where we find out the career I want a full 1994-present day story (Spice Girls, Simon Fuller, people from Virgin, photographers etc) documenting the actual phenomenon showing lots of clips of concerts, crowd, performances, unseen footage) along with a cinema release. Make it an event (a dream would be another Cannes Film Festival appearance)

Or like everything these days it goes onto Netflix have a date where it will launch worldwide similar to Friends, Harry Potter etc. Not necessarily the sit down, round table style but make it big and make it exciting

Posted by: Blond 2.0 17th April 2022, 06:41 PM

Another documentary what else there to tell

Posted by: Piers 17th April 2022, 08:49 PM

The documentary idea does have a bit of "least effort possible" feel to it...which is, of course, par for the course with them.

However. I do agree with Jay that they need to up their global visibility...and a doc on Netflix honestly would do it.

I've been in a few stores lately...checking out all the graphic ts..and it's really striking to me how much more stuff there is for the other 90s pop acts over the Spices. There were shirts for the Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Britney, Hanson, New Kids On The Block, En Vogue, TLC. Action figures and bobbleheads for most of the same acts. Granted, nearly all of these acts (except Britney and NSYNC) have toured through my city recently...or they're about to. But it's also noticeable that BSB still gets I Want It That Way played in major commercials...like the song never went out of style. If you go to my downtown, the music pouring out of all the bars is NSYNC, Britney, and BSB. By comparison...the Spices just have the Lego thing and these Coinmaster ads...which...don't seem to have been noticed by much of anyone but the fanbase?

Point being. Somebody's doing a pretty good job of keeping these other acts' legacies alive. And the ball's getting dropped on the Spices.

Posted by: Mazon Mount 17th April 2022, 08:54 PM

J. J. Abrams is huge though, stop complaining spice fans! you got a half arsed spice 25 this will be bigger!

Posted by: Mr.X 17th April 2022, 11:21 PM

I don't mind another documentary, as long as it is interesting and as Piers says, it dives into new stuff we don't know.

HOWEVER, if they are all going to be on the documentary, can we PLEASE have them all together for it FOR ONCE???? I'm very bored of their official documentary interview style where they are always alone.

One Hour of Girl Power was ICONIQUE because it had them all together vibing. The individual interviews were cute for a while, but we need these girls to do a group interview please!!

Posted by: Piers 18th April 2022, 12:31 AM

Yeah. The subject of how the music industry could make or break an artist at their will has always been an interesting subject to me.

To me, the Spices' US career trajectory has a lot in common with Cyndi Lauper's and Paula Abdul's. All three exploded onto the scene with huge first albums with multiple hits. That initial fame seemed to propel them through second album eras. Then...all three had third album eras that were doomed...despite the fact they all carried very commercial material. It just seemed like the promotional machine of MTV/radio had quit on all of them. You could claim the audience moved on. Or was their fate being controlled?

I get the Spices' situation with Forever is a complicated one with a few factors at play...but I literally never heard Holler on the radio and MTV definitely didn't give it an inch beyond (a probably contractually required) debut on TRL. Then, TRL turned around and named it the worst video in their history which was absurd.

Anyway. It's not that I think a whole doc should be about that angle. But if they did a little multi-part series...maybe the Spice Girls story could be a springboard to look into a few subjects relevant to music in general...the evolution of commercial endorsements, industry reactions to an act being so outwardly pro-woman and pro-LGBT, how the music industry makes or breaks artists, etc.

Posted by: Equinox8 18th April 2022, 01:11 AM

Willing to bet that The Chizz' upcoming autobiography will be more insightful than anything else!

Posted by: Sideout 18th April 2022, 08:29 PM

If they do a new documentary it should mostly focus on the music and not the drama. The majority of people think they were a manufactured group that didn't write their own material.

Posted by: Equinox8 19th April 2022, 12:50 AM

Great point!

Posted by: Mr.X 19th April 2022, 10:44 AM

I kind of agree. They should absolutely talk more about the making of the music, their process, etc, too!

Posted by: sammy01 19th April 2022, 04:03 PM

Sheryl Crow has a big career documentary soon and to coincide with it is releasing a sort of GH but 3 discs, includes hits, album tracks, 3 unreleased songs and rarities.

Something like that would work very well with a Spice Girls documemtary, especially one on a big strraming service. It could easily have a few unreleased tracks from the archives that 30 seconds of each could be in the documentary.

Posted by: Spice Girls Net 19th April 2022, 04:44 PM

That would work well if it coincided with a tour or Spiceworld 25

Posted by: Mr.X 25th July 2022, 10:53 AM

According to Mel B, they have signed on to do a new documentary with the same team that did https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8420184/

So it looks like we will definitely get another doc soon!

You can check her interview with The Project (australia TV show) here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=775392690150749

Posted by: schizo_spice 25th July 2022, 11:15 PM

I hope it has some different insights.

Posted by: -Jay- 27th July 2022, 04:35 PM

This story is everywhere today. A few are going with the "Victoria Beckham reunites with Spice Girls for documentary" angle.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/27/victoria-beckham-reuniting-with-spice-girls-for-new-documentary-17076122/
https://jezebel.com/prepare-your-platforms-all-five-spice-girls-are-reunit-1849337803
https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a40728798/spice-girls-docuseries-victoria-beckham/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/19326123/victoria-beckham-spice-girls-return/
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/spice-girls-documentary-mel-b-confirms-new-show-with-director-jason-hehir-of-michael-jordan-netflix-series-the-last-dance__36980/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11051123/Victoria-Beckham-reunite-Spice-Girls-new-documentary-series-band.html

Posted by: Mr.X 27th July 2022, 05:55 PM

Trust the UK press to always go with the most shite of angles when it comes to Spice-related news. Outrageously stupid (though I am glad the story is out there at least).

Posted by: Mr.X 27th July 2022, 05:57 PM

I also wish they would be more cosy with the music-press rather than constantly sending press-releases and partnerships with the most gutter-press imaginable. Their deals with The Sun are simply revolting to be honest.

They would very well be closer to music publications and overall the music side of the industry since, you know, they are celebrating their MUSIC at the moment...

Posted by: Chemistry 28th July 2022, 07:48 AM

I'm definitely going to want to watch this of course, but is there honestly anything left to tell?

Posted by: Maz! 13th October 2022, 12:51 PM

From new Melanie C interview with OCC:

Posted by: Voodoo 21st January 2023, 10:11 PM

I see that https://instagram.com/jasonmhehir, the director, is following on Instagram four of the girls (except Victoria) and the official group account.

Posted by: Auld Lang Shlong 21st January 2023, 11:37 PM

How many documwntariws do we need!!!

Had they not split so soon and left so much potential, we woulsn't have needed any!1

Posted by: Mr.X 22nd January 2023, 12:40 AM

To be honest, if they hadnt split up, we probably would have gotten even MORE documentaries. These girls love to tell the same story over 26 years. Now imagine them with many more stories to tell

Posted by: colinn 22nd January 2023, 01:20 AM

You need to remember, outside of an official documentary that's not aired in over 15 years, their story has not been told on such a global level. If they get one of the streaming giants on board, it's going to re-introduce them and their story to those who maybe haven't paid attention since the 90s and maybe even a younger generation who aren't familiar with them.

If it's a success, who knows what it may lead to...

Posted by: -Jay- 22nd January 2023, 05:02 AM

Definitely agree that a new documentary has great potential for a wide audience. Hardcore fans may be a little bored by the idea due to previous versions, but I suppose it’s not really aimed at us.

Really hoping it’s handled well and has great promotion, whichever streaming platform gets it. It really needs to feel like it’s an event that gets people binging it and talking about it online.



8 minutes in. Presumably “all 5 of us are speaking and we’re announcing something really soon” is a tease about the documentary?

Posted by: vibe 23rd January 2023, 10:09 AM

Tour to be announced after the doc is aired, this would be amazing promo!

Posted by: Voodoo 23rd June 2023, 09:58 AM

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/22780355/spice-girls-reunion-documentary-streaming-bidding-war/amp/

Posted by: dancinqueen 23rd June 2023, 11:59 AM

That comparison to Take That. I mean, the Spice Girls are worldwide Gods. Take That are conservative tax evaders only Brits know.

Posted by: -Jay- 23rd June 2023, 10:52 PM

Hopefully it'll be on Netflix, as far as I'm aware that platform still has the biggest reach.

Posted by: vibe 24th June 2023, 08:50 AM

Bidding war between streaming sites apparently!

Posted by: pippa 25th June 2023, 05:56 PM

That's harsh and also not completely true.

Posted by: Mr.X 30th October 2023, 11:13 AM

Posting this here without a link as don't want to give ANY more clicks to the rotten shit bag that is The Sun newspaper, but they just posted this on Spice Circle.

What do we think girlies?

SPICE EARNER: Spice Girls set to make £1m each from upcoming Netflix documentary… and could perform one-off concert

THE SPICE GIRLS are set to net £1million each for their upcoming Netflix documentary marking their 30th anniversary next year – and they are hoping to do a one-off performance too.

The Nineties girl band — Geri Horner, Victoria Beckham, Mel C, Mel B and Emma Bunton — have all signed up to the streaming platform’s exciting project.

It comes after the huge success of Beckham, the documentary on Posh’s hubby David, which has spent the past three weeks at the top of Netflix’s global chart, having been streamed in more than 25million homes, while Posh is in talks to make one on her fashion career.

A source told me: “The pop legends are excited to mark the milestone celebration and think this is the perfect way to do it.

"The documentary will have high production values, and the performance ideas are being explored, with Glastonbury 2024 being an obvious option.

“Getting all five women to the table is a huge coup, and fortunately Netflix has deep enough pockets to entice top talent.

“They’re all proud of what they achieved in the band and are excited to look back at old footage and relive fond memories.

“The finer details are being ironed out and a performance of some kind will be the icing on the cake.”

Last year Mel B revealed that she and the other girls had been working with the team behind Netflix hit The Last Dance, about the life of basketball superstar Michael Jordan.

She said: “The director and the whole concept of how that was shot and filmed is really, really, really good. So we’ll be doing our own version.”

Victoria missed the girls’ 13-date tour of the UK and Ireland in 2019. Mel C performed a solo set at this year’s Glastonbury, where she revealed: “All of the Spice Girls would like to play Glasto, that is the truth.

“Like I said to the audience, doing a couple of Spice Girls songs, ‘A bit of a warm-up for next year?’.”

The band formed in 1994, with debut single Wannabe reaching No1 in 37 countries in 1996. Their first six singles went to No1 and they became a symbol of Nineties feminism.

Geri quit in 1998 and the band took a hiatus in 2000, with all five girls enjoying successful solo careers.

In 2007 they briefly reunited for a world tour, with tickets for their London O2 gig selling out in two minutes.

Five years later they performed at the closing ceremony for the London Olympics.

Viva Forever, ladies . . . 

Posted by: schizo_spice 30th October 2023, 12:14 PM

It would only be worthwhile if they were all together throughout it. More separate solo part docs we can do without.

Posted by: Voodoo 31st October 2023, 09:32 PM

Hmmm...

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Posted by: sammy01 1st November 2023, 08:17 AM

A documentary on Netflix celebrating 30 years would be the best time to get out unreleased tracks and release something worthwhile.

They can use snippets of the tracks in the documentary or them recording/performing them. It could either be the GH re-released with a 2nd disc of unreleased stuff or a big say 6 disc thing with everything, the studio albums, bsides, remixes, unreleased stuff. Only the latter would make Spice25 and SW25 completely pointless so I think the GH 2nd disc might be better.

Posted by: Mr.X 1st November 2023, 09:25 AM

I seriously doubt them - or Simon - would care for a 6-disc thing but I agree that a new version of the GH would be perfect timing for this. Chuck a couple of unreleased tracks and it would be quite the release, me thinks!!

Posted by: Equinox8 1st November 2023, 05:29 PM

If by remixes, you mean the ALWAYS in-demand Junior Vasquez Remix of Wannabe, then I believe you would be correct.

Posted by: sammy01 1st November 2023, 05:33 PM

Part of me does love how they (the label) have forced that remix to get attention and half decent streams when no one was looking for it.

Posted by: Mr.X 1st November 2023, 06:16 PM

I hate that stupid remix, it's terrible...

Posted by: Blond 2.0 2nd November 2023, 01:08 AM

I don't like it either LOL

Posted by: Melancholia 2nd November 2023, 11:30 AM

The only remix I love of Wannabe is the Motiv8 Vocal slam because it's so unashamedly 90s and vibrant and nostalgic.

They could easily make a comprehensive collection for the documentary with fan editions available containing unreleased stuff, but we all know by now it won't happen. They want a lot of money for not a lot of effort.

Posted by: sammy01 2nd November 2023, 12:29 PM

What they need is a top notch remix of Wannabe by a big name producer for 2023.

Posted by: Mr.X 2nd November 2023, 03:33 PM

Can we have anything other than Wannabe please? Please.... Like, Im so bored of Wannabe

Say You'll Be There, Who Do You Think You Are, Stop, Spice Up Your Life, Never Give Up On The Good Times... all of these have great hooks that can be remixed...

I fear another commissioned remix will just turn out like this

Posted by: sammy01 2nd November 2023, 04:55 PM

The 'party mix' does fairly well on Spotify now. Though it will be the casuals sticking it on drunk on cheap wine. I guess that was who it was made for not us proper fans.

Posted by: -Jay- 26th April 2024, 09:05 AM

Take with a pinch of salt but here’s a new Daily Mail article/

ALISON BOSHOFF: Why Geri Halliwell doesn't Wannabe a part of the Spice Girls' 30th anniversary celebrations

I can reveal that plans to mark their 30th anniversary with a documentary have also fallen apart.

After the Netflix Beckham documentary, made by David's TV company, was such a success last year, the Spice Girls started to talk to the streamer about possibly making a similar all-access show about the group and their phenomenal success.

It was to feature lengthy interviews with all of the 'girls' and their families, talking about their experiences of fame and of life since their pop heyday.

The idea was to tie the documentary to the 30th anniversary of the group being founded in 1994

However, although Victoria, Mel B, Mel C and Emma Bunton were all keen on the doc, after a number of meetings Geri Halliwell was still against the idea and they were not able to talk her round. This disagreement — certainly not the first in the group — created a little bit of frost between Ginger and the other girls.

And it may have been in Mel B's mind when she remarked about not knowing how old Geri was because she never saw her passport. They kept their distance at the party at Oswald's in Mayfair last weekend.

Some believe Geri wasn't keen on the scrutiny due to the looming scandal over husband Christian Horner, whose role at F1 team Red Bull appeared to be in peril after an employee alleged he had harassed her.

Horner was cleared in March after an inquiry, but the complainant has launched an appeal against that decision.

A source said: 'It might have been awkward for Geri to get out there and talk about Girl Power in these circumstances surrounding Christian but in truth even before it all came out she wasn't keen on revisiting those days. She just didn't want to go over all the fun, wild times that they had.'

Posted by: Mr.X 26th April 2024, 09:55 AM

TBH I hate the Daily Mail, hateful rag that shouldnt even exist for all the lies and hurt they inflict on the world in general. Not even in celebrities, but on the minds of the publics. Disgusting pricks.

I can believe that thigns went south a bit by Geri's attention being with her book and the drama around her marriage. But I think this is bullshit.

Posted by: Long Dong Silver 26th April 2024, 01:59 PM

Also Geri thinks she's Shakespeare now what a joke

Posted by: Rebel 26th April 2024, 03:38 PM

this is a f***ing joke if they haven't even begun filming it. I hate this f***ing band.

Posted by: Melancholia 26th April 2024, 04:40 PM

Believe that and you'll believe anything.

Posted by: jakewild 26th April 2024, 05:00 PM

lol imagine geri not wanting the attention

Posted by: Long Dong Silver 26th April 2024, 05:11 PM

True, but she now wants to be Shakespeare and not remembered ss a Spicy Ladies!

Posted by: sammy01 26th April 2024, 05:18 PM

I think they have got the jist right, that it was first delayed because of Geri's book. Then it was agreed to be this year for the 30th anniversary but again Geri has put a spanner in the works again with the sext scandal. But that it is ready to go and all filmed and done.

I totally believe she wouldn't want it coming out now with the scandal still on going (the woman is appealing the outcome of the 'internal investigation'). The headlines will write themselves with Geri's parts no doubt gushing over Christian and their perfect life "Spice Girls documentary shows clueless Geri fawning over husband Christian just weeks/months before sext scandal".

Posted by: spiceboy 26th April 2024, 06:45 PM

Why would Geri be "fawning" over perfect life and husband in a documentary about the Spice Girls!??

It's a cheap, easy, pathetic newspaper article from a newspaper that has always dragged the girls, immigrants, lgbtq, and women.

Posted by: sammy01 26th April 2024, 07:13 PM

Because that has been Geri's whole personality for the past 4 years. You are telling me 'I only wear white' Geri doesn't have parts in the documentary filmed at her country manor. Feeding the horses while chatting, or Christian milling around while she says how supportive he was of her doing SW19 and finally playing Wembley.

Posted by: Long Dong Silver 26th April 2024, 07:18 PM

PREACH!!!

They got it right.

Posted by: spiceboy 26th April 2024, 07:36 PM

Simple solution to that if it really is the case and bothers her, edit it out.

Can't see there been any scenes of them in their own places other than in a room for sit down interviews tbh, this isn't the Beckhams or some other solo entity, it's 5 girls they won't have the time to go across all the girls and their individual lives.

Posted by: Melancholia 26th April 2024, 09:21 PM

I know a couple of you on here truly despise everything about her but seriously of late when has Geri not been positive about the group and their legacy? If anything I suspect a date was put in place for them to announce everything but Geri understandably isn't wanting to have the crap with her husband overshadow it.