The Fyre Festival Shitstorm Is Being Turned Into A Documentary Series
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The unmitigated trainwreck that was last April’s Fyre Festival will be the subject of a new multi-part documentary series from American streaming service Hulu, and honestly I cannot fucking wait.
In case you forgot, Fyre Festival was an ultra-expensive music festival in the Bahamas featuring gourmet food, luxury accommodation and smoking hot Instagram models as far as the eye could see.
Or at least, that’s what is was supposed to be. Turns out organisers Billy McFarland and Ja Rule got a little bit ahead of themselves, and when ticket holders rocked up to the festival site they were greeted by cheese sandwiches, leaky tents and packs of feral dogs.
According to Billboard, the currently untitled series will provide “a 360-degree, behind-the-scenes view of what happened before, during and after the failed festival, including in-depth interviews from inside sources, as well as hours of exclusive never-before-seen footage, leaked documents, emails and recordings”. Billboard is co-producing the series along with The Cinemart, Hulu and Mic.
Unfortunately for McFarland, he may never get to see the show his cock-up inspired — he recently plead guilty to wire fraud and is facing up to a decade in prison.
Seth Rogen and The Lonely Island are also reportedly working on a movie about a music festival that goes disastrously wrong. Although it’s possible that’s just a joke.
The documentary series will arrive on Hulu in 2019.