Jaded, My Tummy

Here's some quotables from the Irish Film and Television Network (IFTN) source:

The feature film will be written and directed by John Ridley, who is best known as the writer of ‘Three Kings’ and ‘U-Turn’. The project is currently in pre-production in Wicklow, with principal photography set to begin in three weeks time in Dublin and Wicklow. The shoot will last six weeks in total.

The film will 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. She subsequently introduced Hendrix to manager Chas Chandler who brought Hendrix to London in 1966, where he recorded his debut album ‘Are You Experienced’ and had his first taste of success. Over that period – 1966 to 67 – Hendrix went on to formulate some of the greatest guitar-driven records ever made.

Well, 3 Stacks is my man, and this is probably a near-perfect casting job, assuming that he nails this. I'm not sure if this is the same set of people who were doing the earlier project that got canned—the one where they were deciding between him and Lenny Kravitz to play Hendrix. I'm hoping the fact that it is being made in Ireland with some Irish filmmakers/producers there lends more credibility to the biopic. It might be a bit more interesting and not overly romanticized, since the Experience's recording career started in Britain.