Hey remember the Chippendales? Back in the ’80s, these buff bow-tie wearing hunks were plastered on the locker of every high school girl, and of course, they were parodied by Chris Farley and Patrick Swayze on Saturday Night Live. But did you ever stop to wonder what the real story was behind this famous group of male strippers? No? Me neither. But apparently there is actually a story to be told, and director Tony Scott feels he is the man to do it.

Variety reports that Scott has signed on to direct a biopic about the rise and fall of Chippendales founder Steve Banerjee. He started out pumping gas but after the Chippendales idea took off he became a very rich man. Unfortunately he eventually got tied up in all kinds of criminal activities and ended up in jail, where he died before his trial. The article mentions that the tone could be similar to Tony Scott’s True Romance, and I guess it would focus a lot on ’80s excess. It’s a strange and unexpected project, to be sure, and one that has been turned into a couple of made for TV movies before, but who knows… maybe there’s a cool movie here after all?