Producer preps film version of celebutantes' legal travails
Joe Nasser says 'Hollywood Brats' will be based on events in the public record.
Paris. Lindsay. Nicole. Britney. What if Hollywood ever made a movie about the lives of these celebrity train wrecks? Won't happen? Maybe not . . . but Joe Nasser, the executive producer behind the new Anna Nicole Smith movie, said today that he is in pre-production on a film called "Hollywood Brats," which will be based on the real-life crime blotter events in the lives of a trio of young celebrities.
"It's all about these girls in Hollywood getting into trouble," Nasser said. "You see them all go to jail, you see them get arrested, you see them go through trials and tribulations."
Nasser said the script will use the names of real celebrities, but he isn't saying yet whether any of those names will be Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan or Britney Spears. "I'm not allowed to let those names out yet," he said.
So, how can Nasser base his movie on real-life celebrities without their permission? Simple, he says. "As long as we stick to the truth, we're in good shape." He said the movie will be about "real people" and based on "the public record."
The indie film is yet to be cast and is set to go before the cameras on Oct. 30.
robert.welkos@latimes.com
