Taking the Tube to Holywood
YouTube comics land movie deal
A duo whose spoof rap became a YouTube hit have landed a film deal.Almost 500,000 viewers watched the video What’s It Gonna Be?, created by comic Mike O'Connell and actor Ken Jeong.
Now the pair, known as Million Dollar Strong, will star in an MTV comedy film.
The script, to be co-written by O'Connell. will tell the rise of a delusional rapper and his Asian foreign exchange student friend
No director has yet been lined up, Hollywood trade paper Variety reports.
Here is the hit viral video
And here is O’Connell performing his stand-up set.
Published: 17 Sep 2007
