Legendary Pictures to make Jimi Hendrix feature film

Legendary Pictures is capitalizing on the 40th anniversary of the historic musical event known as Woodstock by creating a film about the renowned guitarist, Jimi Hendrix.

Hendrix's unforgettable performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was a defining moment at the 1969 celebration.

According to an article on Variety.com, "Legendary topper Thomas Tull would produce the pic with Bill Gerber. Penning the script is Max Borenstein, who most recently wrote 'What Is Life Worth?,' a fact-based script about attorney Kenneth Feinberg and his work on the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. Legendary hopes to crack the rights issues that have prevented previous Hendrix projects from getting out of the gate. The company's plan is to develop the project first, then try to win the cooperation of the estate."

In the recent past, many have strived to put together a film abut Hendrix. Musician Lenny Kravitz and OutKast's Andre Benjamin were even suggested as possibilities to play the iconic guitarist.

Yet, the Variety.com article mentions, "No one has locked down rights with Experience Hendrix, the gatekeeper to the musician's estate, which is run by his stepsister, Janie Hendrix. Legendary has been in loose discussions with the estate, but there is as yet no firm rights deal, which would be needed to access Hendrix's singular sound and guitar wizardry."

This is the second tribute project to guitar deities that Tull has undertaken. His first was conceiving and producing the recently released Sony Classics documentary, entitled "It Might Get Loud," which features Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, U2's the Edge and Jack White of the White Stripes.