Bad Vibrations

ABC is making a TV movie about the Beach Boys, who aren’t “stoked.”

“It’s not authorized and we’re not being paid,” said the group’s manager, Tom Hulett, adding, “We don’t want to help them get any publicity, and we are refusing to license (to them) any of the music we can control.”

Exec producer Len Hill, who didn’t return our calls, is in charge of the adaptation of Steven Gains’ 1984 nonfiction book, “Heroes & Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys.” Targeted for spring airing, it quietly went into production Nov. 20 with a cast of mostly unknowns--”St. Elsewhere” co-star Bruce Greenwood is the most recognizable name, playing Dennis Wilson, the late member of the famed family rock group.

Screenwriter Charles Rosin told us the project is primarily “a family drama about the relationship between a father and his children. . . . Murray Wilson was everyone’s nightmare combination, Little League coach and stage mother.”

Rosin said that Charles Manson--”He lived with Dennis Wilson in 1968”--will be portrayed, but added, “You shouldn’t get the idea that this movie will be trashy or exploitative. I respect the Beach Boys. I grew up with their music.”

Songs from the Beach Boys’ early years, no longer controlled by the group, will be used in the movie, said a network source.