( RollingStone.com ) -- The estate of Jimi Hendrix has released a new statement speaking out against a biopic purported to star Outkast 's AndrÃ© 3000 as the iconic guitarist . `` Experience Hendrix , LLC , the family-owned company entrusted with safeguarding the legacy of Jimi Hendrix and administrator of the Jimi Hendrix music and publishing catalog , 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 , '' reads the statement . The response follows new reports that the long-stalled biopic , tentatively titled `` All Is By My Side , '' is moving forward once again after being blocked last summer . The biopic aims to explore Hendrix 's life between 1966 and 1967 , when he released his landmark debut , `` Are You Experienced ? '' Pre-production is said to be underway in Ireland , with principal photography expected to start in three weeks in Wicklow and Dublin . John Ridley , who penned the scripts for `` Three Kings , '' `` U-Turn '' and most recently , `` Red Tails , '' is both writing and directing the film . While Janie Hendrix ( Jimi 's sister , and the CEO of Experience Hendrix ) and the Experience Hendrix board have not ruled out the possibility of a Hendrix biopic altogether , the estate has refused to license music out to several other planned Hendrix biopics in the past , including one by Paul Greengrass ( `` The Bourne Ultimatum , '' `` United 93 '' ) . In its latest statement , the estate reiterates that Experience Hendrix would have to be involved from the get-go with any film that plans to use Hendrix 's original music . `` Until you are on set doing it you ca n't say what 's going on , '' AndrÃ© 3000 told MTV back in 2008 . `` Everybody wants to do the movie , but there are so many things that go into a biopic . '' Copyright © 2011 Rolling Stone .
The estate of Jimi Hendrix has spoken out against an upcoming biopic . The statement follows new reports that the long-stalled biopic is moving forward . The biopic aims to explore Hendrix 's life between 1966 and 1967 .