The Mamas & the Papas The Life of Mama Cass Elliot" (2005). John Phillips' estate has authorized Chris Campion to write a biography of the group's leader, provisionally called "Wolfking". Fox acquired the rights to make a film about the Mamas and the Papas in 2000. It was reported in 2007 that "The right script is in the process of being written." Peter Fitzpatrick's stage musical, "Flowerchildren: The Mamas and Papas Story", was produced by Magnormos in Melbourne, Australia, in 2011 and revived in 2013. Sources: The Mamas & the Papas The Mamas & the Papas were an American folk rock vocal group who recorded
The Mamas & the Papas Dreamin': The Songs of the Mamas and the Papas." The New Mamas and the Papas were a by-product of John Phillips' desire to "round out the picture of reform" as he awaited sentencing on narcotics charges in 1980. He invited his children Jeffrey and Mackenzie, both living in Los Angeles, and Denny Doherty, who was living in Canada, to join him at the Fair Oaks Hospital in Summit, New Jersey, where he was undergoing rehabilitation. The children arrived around Thanksgiving and Doherty around Christmas. The idea of reviving the group was born at this time, with Phillips and Doherty in