First Look: Lifetime's 'Coco Chanel' starring Shirley MacLaine - the trailer

Although it is unlikely to appear on our screens anytime soon, and despite receiving some pitiful reviews, I was still rather intrigued to see Shirley Maclaine play Coco Chanel in the Lifetime biopic creatively named, Coco Chanel. Now after seeing the 30-second trailer for the made-for-television movie, I can safely say - why did I bother?

Oh well... here's to the Audrey Tautou version(below), which will be overseen by Karl Lagerfeld and begins filming on the 15th September, for a 2009 release.

Upcoming biopic Coco avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel). It is not the ad campaign in which the French actress will soon front for Chanel's iconic No.5 fragrance. Directed by Anne Fontaine, Tautou plays a the young designer from her obscure childhood to her rise to the top.