Los Angeles, Nov 1 (PTI) Actor Toby Jones will play the late disgraced music mogul Lou Pearlman in a new TV series.
The British actor has signed on to star as the famed boyband producer in a TV series based on an article published in The New Yorker, Entertainment Tonight reported.
The piece, titled We Live in a Pop-Culture World that Lou Pearlman Created, documents Pearlman's rise from struggling business owner to music mogul, as well as his conviction and imprisonment for fraud.
The 62-year-old, who famously created hugely successful US boybands *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys, died at the Federal Correctional Institute in Miami, Florida, back in August where he was serving a 25-year sentence.
Pearlman was convicted in 2008 for his involvement in a Ponzi scheme that swindled 1,700 investors out of more than USD 300 million.
He was also sued by most of his acts, including the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, O-Town, LFO, Take 5, Natural and Aaron Carter, for fraud and misrepresentation.
"We're beyond excited to have someone of Toby's calibre on board. He was our first choice. We're thrilled that he responded to the material," Jon Kanak of Magnet Management said.
