*Questlove has been tapped by Disney to direct a live-action remake of the 1970 movie “The Aristocats.”
The project follows his 2021 debut “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),” which won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature last year.
Per Deadline, “The Aristocats” is a “live-action hybrid reimagining” of the 1970 animated feature directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. The original film centers on a smooth-talking tomcat that helps a family of Parisian felines kidnapped by the family’s butler to prevent them from inheriting a fortune, per IMDB.
“They chose i to chase the cat…I basically have 2 life goals: 1. Don’t dismiss my dreams & 2. Get out of my own way,” Questlove wrote about the new film in an Instagram post.
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Questlove, famously known as the co-founder of The Roots, will serve as the movie’s executive producer and oversee the music.
In related news, Questlove has also been enlisted by J Dilla’s estate to produce a biopic about the late producer, Complex reports.
“The estate of James Dewitt Yancey, and its wholly-owned production entity, Pay Jay Productions, Inc., which benefits J Dilla’s two children, his younger brother, and his mother, is proud to give its blessing to an amazing project created by discerning and talented filmmakers who knew J Dilla,” a rep for the estate previously said, according to Complex.
“We trust the judgment of Ahmir, Joseph, Dan, and Scenario to elevate Dilla’s life, music, and legacy to their rightful place in the canon of music’s great innovators; and their film is the only documentary project we have endorsed,” the rep added.
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