Timbaland & DL Hughley Blast ‘Aaliyah’ Flick: “It’s The Soul Plane Of Lifetime”

Music producer Timbaland and funny man DL Hugely have expressed their disinterest in the new Lifetime Aaliyah biopic flick and relied on social media to speak out this weekend.

Hughley poked fun at the television network’s attempt at telling Aaliyah’s life story.

Aaliyah is the Soul Plane of Lifetime! #TeamDl

— DL Hughley (@RealDLHughley) November 16, 2014

I can't figure out what was a worse idea Bill Cosby asking for Meme's! Or Wendy Williams producing Aaliyah! #TeamDl

— DL Hughley (@RealDLHughley) November 16, 2014

Wendy Williams shouldn't be able to produce a movie til she produces a birth certificate! #TeamDl

— DL Hughley (@RealDLHughley) November 16, 2014

The Verdict may be out in Ferguson but it's in on the Aaliyah movie! #TeamDl

— DL Hughley (@RealDLHughley) November 16, 2014

Check out how far Timbaland went with his jokes right here…

The late singer’s close friend Timbaland also showed no mercy to Lifetime.

Hope yall not watching this!!!!!!!!

A photo posted by Timbo the King (@timbaland) on Nov 11, 2014 at 5:27pm PST

A photo posted by Timbo the King (@timbaland) on Nov 11, 2014 at 6:41pm PST

A photo posted by Timbo the King (@timbaland) on Nov 11, 2014 at 7:13pm PST

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Actress Zendaya recently said her decision to turn down the Aaliyah role had nothing to do with critics.

“Let me just explain something, the reason why I chose not to do the Aaliyah movie had nothing to do with the haters or people telling me that I couldn’t do it, that I wasn’t talented enough, or that I wasn’t black enough. It had nothing to do with that. … The main reasons were that the production value wasn’t there, there were complications with the movie rights, and I just felt like it wasn’t being handled delicately considering the situation.” (RumorFix)

Recent reports claimed potential legal problems including copyright issues may have stalled the film’s production.

A source told E! News that there were production issues, including problems obtaining the rights to Aaliyah’s music. The R&B star and Queen of the Damned actress died at age 22 in a plane crash on Aug. 25, 2001. “Aaliyah has always been an inspiration to Zendaya,” the source said. “She was honored to portray her and pay tribute to her. If she is going to do it, she wants to do it right.” (E! Online)