André 3000 joins Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig in Netflix’s White Noise adaptation
The Outkast member has been spotted around the filming site in Cleveland playing his "cool-ass flute"
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Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of White Noise just got real noice. Outkast member André 3000 has joined the director’s newest film for Netflix. Tentatively titled Wheat Germ, the film also stars Adam Driver, Don Cheadle, Greta Gerwig, and Jodie Turner-Smith. The movie is based on the 1985 novel by Don DeLillo, which satirizes consumerism, mortality, and the mundanity of everyday life in the U.S. all wrapped in a postmodern bow. In the official logline from Netflix, Baumbach’s adaptation “dramatizes a contemporary American family’s attempt to deal with the mundane conflicts of day-to-day life while grappling with the larger philosophical issues of love, death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.”
Filming is currently underway in Cleveland, Ohio. While it’s unclear what his role in White Noise/Wheat Germ will be, he’s apparently been spotted walking around the Cleveland with “his cool-ass flute and chill vibes” and “cheerfully posing for selfies with fans.”
André 3000’s most recent film role was in the 2018 Claire Denis movie High Life. He also appeared in Jason Segel’s television series Dispatches From Elsewhere. His most well-known acting performance is as Jimi Hendrix in Jimi: All Is By My Side, for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. In addition to Wheat Germ, André 3000 also has a role in in Kelly Reichardt’s film Showing Up. The legendary rapper has taken a break from music, only popping up as a featured artist on songs and working behind the scenes with musicians like Frank Ocean and Anderson .Paak. In 2019, he explained the inner turmoil that’s kept him from delving into any more solo work.
“I haven’t been making much music, man. My focus is not there. My confidence is not there. I tinker a lot. I’ll just go to a piano and sit my iPhone down and just record what I’m doing. Move my fingers around and whatever happens, but I haven’t been motivated to do a serious project,” André said on the podcast Broken Record. “I’d like to, but it’s just not coming. In my own self I’m trying to figure out where do I sit? I don’t even know what I am and maybe I’m nothing. Maybe I’m not supposed to be anything. Maybe my history is kind of handicapping in a way.”
White Noise/Wheat Germ is Baumbach’s third film for Netflix, following The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) starring Adam Sandler and the 2019 Oscar-winning drama Marriage Story. White Noise/Wheat Germ is set to release sometime next year.
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Do they really think they can improve on the Michael Keaton classic?
Man, he hasn’t been out doing a lot lately. How much money did he make in Outkast?
All six of their albums went platinum, including two that went 2X platinum, one that went 4X platinum, and one that went diamond. They sold almost 30 million copies total, plus a couple dozen singles that charted and that’s not even counting licensing, touring, streaming, etc. So…uhh, a lot.
Not to mention that Semi-Pro payday… ya jive turkey.
they were truly the Beatles of our generation
He gets a nice payday every time Neighbors plays on cable & those white kids yell “Hootie hoo!”
Rappers in movies? Pfft, yeah right.
I think Andre has a legitimate claim for most talented entertainer since Prince, but what I wouldn’t give for an actual rap album from him…
Right! The Love Below is the best weird / sexy albums of all time. It’s eternally looped into my ‘gettin down’ mix.Crazy that was basically his one and only solo album.
Glad to know I’m not the only one with a ‘gettin’ down’ mix.Me: “Alexa, play the “Late Night” mix.”Alexa: *plays an hour of Cotton Eyed Joe on repeat*
is this the michael keaton one?
as long as it’s not the George Clooney one
White Noise/Wheat Germ
It’s a tribute to The Velvet Underground and Darby Crash presented by vegans.
Please don’t adapt this novel. Please?
Better this than Underworld, but yeah, don’t.
Oh, my goodness, I hadn’t even considered that beast as a candidate for adaptation. Oof.
Libra tho, that would be a good one to adapt.
Absolutely. Especially if they had Oliver Stone do it. Wait…
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May Eros, Artemis, and Apollo guide him through this film journey.
I just want him to be happy with whatever he’s doing!