Mar 22, 2019· Nikki Sixx says if it weren't for the "steel balls" of executives at Netflix, the Mötley Crüe biopic, The Dirt might not have gotten made.. Sixx tells Alt Los Angeles' Andrew Harms that the film version of the band memoir had been in the works for about 14 years. Along the way, deals with at least two other companies fell through, due to factors like how much The Dirt would cost to make ...