God bless 30 Rock for creating Jackie Jormp-Jomp as an easy shorthand for musician biopics without the participation of that person’s estate. In the show, Jenna had to play a royalty-free version of Janis Joplin called Jackie Jormp-Jomp. In real life, Outkast’s Andre 3000 is set to play Jimi Hendrix in All is By My Side, which began filming today in Ireland.
Darko Entertainment, Subotica Entertaiment and Matador Pictures are teaming to produce the Jimi Hendrix “All Is By My Side,” the cast of which Imogen Poots (“Fright Night”) has joined.
Also confirmed for the cast are Outkast singer Andre Benjamin, who will play Hendrix, and Hayley Atwell (“Captain America”).
Darko Entertainment is financing the film, which John Ridley will direct from his own original script.
A love story at heart, “All Is By My Side” aims to captures the energy, the charisma and the talent of a music legend whose influence still resonates around the world today. Based on actual interviews and archival materials, pic will poignantly reveal a Jimi Hendrix behind the legend. [Variety]
Of course, there’s just one problem, and I’m guessing you’ve already guessed what it is.
In a statement, Experience Hendrix, LLC, a family-owned entity that manages the rocker’s music and life rights, said that it “has made it known many times in the past that no such film, were it to include original music or copyrights created by Jimi Hendrix, can be undertaken without its full participation.”
The statement goes on to say that a future biopic isn’t out of the question, but from the sound of it won’t likely include Andre 3000. “Experience Hendrix CEO Janie Hendrix, sister of Jimi Hendrix, and the EH board have not ruled out a ‘biopic’ in the future though producing partners would, out of necessity, have to involve the company from the inception of any such film project if it is to include original Jimi Hendrix music or compositions.” [BET]
Oh man, I can’t wait for Jamie Horndrocks to sing Purple Fog and All Along the Water Fountain. I’m actually more interested now than I was before.
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So…”bio-pic” or “bye-ah-pic”?
I always assumed “bio-pic” since it’s short for biographical picture. The “bi-ah-pic” camp just makes my head hurt.
I literally had to reread the sentence after the first mention of the word “biopic” because I had to think about which was the right way to say it.
‘Excuse me, while Aquemeni.’
If he lights his accordion on fire or plays the Star-Spangled Banner at Worfstork, this movie will be the next Rocky Horror.
I dunno, there’s enough stuff out there that Hendrix himself covered that they may be able to work around it. For example, I think they’d need Bob Dylan’s permission to use All Along the Watchtower, not the Hendrix estate, and the authors of old blues standards like Red House are probably overdue for another ass-fucking.
There already was a Hendrix biopic like this. It relied almost entirely on “Wild Thing”.
Good luck wrangling Star Spangled Banner from the clutches of the Francis Scott Key estate. They guard the national anthem jeasously, plus they hate the blacks.
Key stole the tune from John Stafford Smith, and Hendrix never used Key’s lyrics, anyway.
Actually, I think they could only get permission from Dylan to cover Watchtower or to use Dylan’s version. They’re still well boned if they want the Hendrix version.
Yeah but Key was the one who introduced the wah wah pedal to the song. Also, the Stafford Smith estate *really* hates the blacks.
Can’t they just use the Battlestar Galactica version?
//ducks
@ Larry — if they have permission from Dylan, they will just record a cover that “sounds just like” Jimi Hendrix. And, yes, it will be as bad as it sounds.
“Here we all are at Woodstocks / Someday there will be a black president…”
*Sweet-ass sax solo*
Purple Hey Ya!s
So Foxy So Clean will be a highlight.
“The name’s Jamie Horndrocks, I’m from Portland. Hello, Woodstock 2000! Here’s ‘Oh Canada’!”
RIP Jenna Baloney
Time for some serious lawyerin’!
And the Wind. Cries. Maury.
Rosenplatz.
Hey (I’m sorry) Joe (Jackson – Woooo!)
Hey Joe is a cover, so they don’t need to fake that one.
France’s Got Keys is the name of my failed reality talent show.
Little Wing over Baghdad
Bold As The Love Below
So Fresh and So Clachinegun
‘scuse me, while I kiss this guy………..okay done. What are you guys talking about?
Do-the-Dew Child.
“Well I stand up next to a Mountain Dew…”
I… love this SO much.
As I understand it, they can make a movie about Hendrix because he’s a public figure, but yeh… the music cannot be used without permission. That is awesome. A Hendrix film with no Hendrix music.
Fortunately, Hayley Atwell has big cans.
She’s the kind of person Jamie Horndrocks was singing about in “Attractive Woman.”
I fucking loved this track. Wasn’t it on that album “Excess: Big is Love”?
All Along The Lunchcounter. Boxy Lady. Purple Days. Hoodoo Child (Light Will Burn). 1993 (A Mermaid Watched Me Pee). Castles Made A Band. Wire. Hispanic Inception.
Bone Free. Little Miss Rubber. Little Wang. Lacrosse Town Traffic. Turning of the Midnight Ramp.
Can’t they just do Outkast songs? It could be like Jimi Hendrix time travel movie!
I only hope he does Hendrix justice! Everything Rock knows about the guitar after 1970 came from his psychedelic twisting of what the instrument could do. I paid homage to Jimi with a portrait called Purple Haze on the anniversary of his passing recently. You can see it at [dregstudiosart.blogspot.com] and tell me how the voodoo child’s music has influenced you!