Andre 3000 to play Jimi Hendrix

[notsocreepylurker]

Heard this on the radio this morning.  But apparently most of his popular songs from his career aren't in the movie because the family wouldn't give them permission (they wanted to be involved in how he was portrayed).


<taken from a Rolling Stone article>
His prime preoccupation is the movie Jimi: All Is By My Side, a biopic in which he stars as Jimi Hendrix. Benjamin's goal in taking on the role was to present something new about Hendrix that couldn't be found on YouTube, but he also had more personal objectives. "[Playing] Hendrix kind of saved me," he told the Times. "I was in a not-so-great space, just in a dark place every day. I needed something to focus on to get me out of my depression and rut.... I knew if I got on a train with a lot of different people, then I couldn't let them down."



The team behind Jimi: All Is By My Side has shared a brief teaser from the film. The clip, available to view at NME, finds Hendrix (rapper Andre "3000" Benjamin) and then-girlfriend Kathy Etchingham (Hayley Atwell) engaging in a sarcastic back-and-forth with hostile police.



Hendrix "has a laugh" when officers take issue with his military jacket. When asked if he fought in an actual war, the rock icon smiles and says he's in a "constant, constant struggle" with "the color grey" and "small minds."



"You're a disgrace to every man who wore that uniform," says an angered policeman, who forces Hendrix to take off the jacket.



The film, written and directed by 12 Years a Slave's John Ridley, focuses on Hendrix's life and career from 1966 - '67, climaxing with his legendary performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. As previously reported, the biopic's soundtrack won't include any of the guitar icon's actual songs, instead featuring covers of songs by the Beatles and Muddy Waters that performed by Hendrix during the years prior to his 1967 debut LP, Are You Experienced?



Fans previously got a wider glimpse of the project with its shred-tastic trailer, which shows Hendrix's journey from a back-up guitarist in New York City to a fashionable scene-setter in London.

[pixy0stix]

I wonder why the film wouldn't let his family get involved.

Last night DH was watching TNA wrestling, and a military vet walked out to a sampling of Hendrix's rendition of the national anthem. I did a little head turn at the tv, thinking of the irony of the placement of the song.

[notsocreepylurker]

Aug 28, 2014 8:44:13 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I wonder why the film wouldn't let his family get involved.

Last night DH was watching TNA wrestling, and a military vet walked out to a sampling of Hendrix's rendition of the national anthem. I did a little head turn at the tv, thinking of the irony of the placement of the song.

From what they said on the radio today the family stated that they will only allow the music if they are fully involved with the movie/biopic (probably so they can lead how they want him portrayed? I dunno).  So this movie/biopic will be about his early years overseas and stuff.

[notsocreepylurker]

I'll also say, when I heard about this movie/biopic it made me wonder if it is going to be white-washed like Get On Up was accused of being (since no black writers were involved with that movie).