Andre 3000’s Jimi Hendrix Movie Looks Bleak

[Gringo Starr]

Andre 3000’s Jimi Hendrix Movie Looks Bleak
By Remmie Fresh
Date: 1/5/2005 9:00 pm

Andre 3000’s upcoming biopic on rock legend Jimi Hendrix is at risk of being scrapped altogether, because the guitarist’s estate has forbid the directors from using music from his archives.

A probable hit, the movie was to chronicle the turbulent life of Hendrix up until his tragic death at 27 years old. The movie showed promise, because it was being directed by the Hughes Brothers, who crafted the urban classic “Menace To Society.”

Andre, a member of Outkast, is convinced that the movie will fail with out the authentic of Hendrix’s music.

He told Contact Music, "I've heard that Will Smith wanted to do it (the film) at one time, Laurence Fishburne; Eddie Murphy had wanted to do it in the beginning of his career. There's been a lot of scripts to try to make it happen, but nothing can go on. I can go and make a Hendrix film right now, but I could not use any Hendrix songs that he wrote in the film.”





I wonder why they wont let em use Jimis shit for the movie???I was actually lookin forward to this!!!!

 

[noWetaG]

me 2! speaking of this.....
i heard JIMI's family was outraged that this
rapper guy ANDRE 3000 had consideration for the role.....
and pulled their cooperation from the movie.........

 

[ColdBlooded]

if i was jimi's family i wouldn't let them use the music either. who wants hollywood to make another shitty movie jus to appeal to another demographic (fuck the baby boomers selling their generation's pride to the rest of us) AND this one being one about your fam.

i'd say fuck em, good luck with your crappy movie



i hear they're makin a janis joplin movie now too :dead:

 

[G-Dubb]

Everything Andre has done since putting the 3000 on his name has looked bleak.

 

[MeloTrauma]

I remember years ago like in 93, it was announced that LL Cool J was gonna play Hendrix in a movie. That shit never happened. Wasnt there a Hendrix movie that they made on VH1 a couple years ago? I wonder if they used the original music.

 

[Rusto]

Everything Andre has done since putting the 3000 on his name has looked bleak.

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