/PRNewswire/ Jupiter Rising Film announced today they will bring the international bestselling graphic novel Alone to the big screen in 2023. Tentatively.
Mos Def has decided that he wants no part of a new
Thelonious Monk biopic after learning the estate of the late jazz artist disapproves of the project.
As reported by Ace Showbiz, Bey was attached to the film when producer
Peter Lord Moreland announced on Wednesday that production will begin next summer. Bey was tapped to portray the iconic jazz pianist in the film simply titled,
Thelonious. The story will center on Monk’s artistry, struggles with mental illness, and a “spiritual love triangle between his wife Nellie and one of the world’s richest women Nica Rothschild.”
“Thelonious Sphere Monk. A leader. A Lord. A shape in space. A man from a community of devotion who lives a simple life distant from society,” Bey said in a statement.
Earlier today, the Los Angeles–based production company Jupiter Rising Film announced that Yasiin Bey would portray Thelonious Monk in a biopic about the late jazz legend. The co-founders of Jupiter Rising Film also said that production on the movie, titled
Thelonious, would begin in summer 2022.
T.S. Monk Thelonious Monk’s son and the chairman and co-founder of Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment, the official company of the Thelonious Monk Estate tells Pitchfork that the film is not authorized by the estate. “This project and its announcement are totally unauthorized! I hate the script and I control the music in Thelonious’ catalog,” Monk wrote in an email. “There is no involvement by anyone in the Monk family with this project, and we actually condemn the effort.”
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