(a biopic is a biographical motion picture, one that dramatizes the life of an actual person, example of a biopic is the Ray Charles movie)

VH1 is already know for reality tv shows (Love and Hip Hop, Basketball Wives, Flavor of Love, The Surreal Life, just to name a few) is now venturing into movies. More specifically “biopics”, featuring musicians and pop culture icons. Currently planning a line up of biopics, VH1 will start with 90′s R&B/HipHop trio, TLC.

TLC rose to stardom in the 90s, having 10 top ten singles, 4 number one singles, 4 multiplatinum albums, and four Grammy Awards. In 1999, Left Eye (Lisa Lopes) was killed in an accident (although she had already left the group prior to her death), Chilli & T Boz continue to make music under “TLC”  and most recently performed on American Idol in May 2011.

Chilli & TBoz will serve as consultants on the movie, there is no release date for the small screen biopic yet.