For years there’s been talk about making a biopic about Jimi Hendrix, but it’s only now that it’s happening, with André Benjamin (aka André 3000) in the lead role. Now the first image from the film, called All Is By My Side, has been released, in connection with the fact it will premiere later this year at TIFF.
It’s going to be a slightly unusual musical biopic though, as the production isn’t officially backed by Hendrix’s estate and doesn’t have the rights to any of his songs. Instead the movie will mainly use tunes by other people that Hendrix covered, such as Hound Dog and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, to get around this.
The film will premiere at the festival this September.