Raise your hand if you knew that there was a Jimi Hendrix biopic in the works with Paul Greengrass attached to direct, and Anthony Mackie starring…
Anyone?
My initial response to this was surprise! In recent years, there’ve been numerous attempts to bring Jimi Hendrix’s life-story to the theatrical screen, with such musician/actors as Lenny Kravitz and Outkast’s Andre Benjamin expressing interest in assuming the starring role of the greatest guitarist in the history of rock music. But securing rights to the man’s story has proven to be quite the challenge with Experience Hendrix, the gatekeeper to the musician’s estate, which is run by his stepsister, Janie Hendrix.
As we’ve previously reported on this blog, there are Two Jimi Hendrix films in the works that we’ve known of, and one of them, the Mackie version, now looks like it’s dead.
But wait a minute…...
Anyone?
My initial response to this was surprise! In recent years, there’ve been numerous attempts to bring Jimi Hendrix’s life-story to the theatrical screen, with such musician/actors as Lenny Kravitz and Outkast’s Andre Benjamin expressing interest in assuming the starring role of the greatest guitarist in the history of rock music. But securing rights to the man’s story has proven to be quite the challenge with Experience Hendrix, the gatekeeper to the musician’s estate, which is run by his stepsister, Janie Hendrix.
As we’ve previously reported on this blog, there are Two Jimi Hendrix films in the works that we’ve known of, and one of them, the Mackie version, now looks like it’s dead.
But wait a minute…...
- 12/16/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Today in history… September 18th, 1970, Jimi Hendrix died at just 27 years old.
In recent years, there’ve been numerous attempts to bring Jimi Hendrix’s life-story to the theatrical screen, with such musician/actors as Lenny Kravitz and Outkast’s Andre Benjamin expressing interest in assuming the starring role of the greatest guitarist in the history of rock music. But securing rights to the man’s story has proven to be quite the challenge with Experience Hendrix, the gatekeeper to the musician’s estate, which is run by his stepsister, Janie Hendrix.
Currently, there are Two Jimi Hendrix films in the works.
Recall my post from August 2009 on the announced attempt by Legendary Pictures, in correlation with Woodstock’s 40th anniversary, where Hendrix’s performance of The Star-Spangled Banner was a seminal moment of the original 1969 festival…
A writer had already been hired to work on the script, hoping that...
In recent years, there’ve been numerous attempts to bring Jimi Hendrix’s life-story to the theatrical screen, with such musician/actors as Lenny Kravitz and Outkast’s Andre Benjamin expressing interest in assuming the starring role of the greatest guitarist in the history of rock music. But securing rights to the man’s story has proven to be quite the challenge with Experience Hendrix, the gatekeeper to the musician’s estate, which is run by his stepsister, Janie Hendrix.
Currently, there are Two Jimi Hendrix films in the works.
Recall my post from August 2009 on the announced attempt by Legendary Pictures, in correlation with Woodstock’s 40th anniversary, where Hendrix’s performance of The Star-Spangled Banner was a seminal moment of the original 1969 festival…
A writer had already been hired to work on the script, hoping that...
- 9/18/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Don Murphy's Angryfilms is teaming with Bellport Pictures' Carol Lewis to make "Slide," a fictional indie drama featuring Jimi Hendrix being written by R.H. Greene, who also will direct.
"Slide" tells the quirky story involving a legendary Hendrix "lost weekend" in the late 1960s. The story revolves around two gangsters, desperately trying to get away from a mob boss they double-crossed, who inadvertently kidnap Hendrix, then at the height of his career and drug addiction. Along the way, Hendrix ends up teaching one of the gangsters about honesty, and Hendrix learns to clean up his act.
For Lewis, a longtime casting director whose credits range from "Kalifornia" to "Nacho Libre," the approach is similar to the one taken in "Cat's Meow," the Peter Bogdanovich-directed movie she produced that fictionally looked at the death of Thomas Ince and the events of yacht excursion with real-life personalities William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies.
"Slide" tells the quirky story involving a legendary Hendrix "lost weekend" in the late 1960s. The story revolves around two gangsters, desperately trying to get away from a mob boss they double-crossed, who inadvertently kidnap Hendrix, then at the height of his career and drug addiction. Along the way, Hendrix ends up teaching one of the gangsters about honesty, and Hendrix learns to clean up his act.
For Lewis, a longtime casting director whose credits range from "Kalifornia" to "Nacho Libre," the approach is similar to the one taken in "Cat's Meow," the Peter Bogdanovich-directed movie she produced that fictionally looked at the death of Thomas Ince and the events of yacht excursion with real-life personalities William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies.
- 12/3/2009
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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