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Hendrix biopic set to shoot with Andre 3000 starring
May 7, 2012, 1:41 PM | Updated: 4:14 pm
 A long delayed biopic about Jimi Hendrix early years in the UK is finally set to start filming with Outkast’s Andre 3000 playing the Seattle native. (Image:AP) |
A long delayed biopic about Jimi Hendrix is finally about
to get off the ground, with former Outkast rapper Andre
3000 set to star as the Seattle guitar slinger.
The film will reportedly be set in 1966 and 1967 and cover
the period in which Hendrix was discovered in a New York
club by Rolling Stone guitarist Keith Richard’s then
girlfriend Linda Keith, according to the Irish Film and
Television Network.
That led him to London and the recording of his iconic
debut album ‘Are You Experienced’, followed by a number of
his other greatest recordings.
Filming is expected to start in about three weeks, with
John Ridley, writer of 1999’s Three Kings and 1997’s U
Turn, set to write and direct.
The film has been rumored for at least a few years, with
Hendrix family reportedly blocking the project for some
reason, according to Rolling Stone.
Seattle’s EMP Museum coincidentally plans a major
exhibition chronicling Hendrix early years. Hear My Train
a Comin’: Hendrix Hits London opens Nov. 17 in honor
of what would have been his 70th birthday.
