A movie about the life of the great musician will be hitting the big screen in a couple of months, and a trailer was released yesterday giving Jimi Hendrix fans a glimpse of what to expect.

Hendrix, one of rock and roll's pioneers and left his indelible imprint on American music during the late 1960s. A great guitar player, Hendrix, born Johnny Allen Hendrix, has been described as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music" but also led a tumultuous life due to alcohol and drugs.

The musician died in 1970 at the age of 27. However, his life is now being resurrected through film, and Andre 300 has been tasked with representing the musician on the screen. The OutKast member, born Andre Benjamin, will play Hendrix in the film "Jimi: All Is by My Side."

Andre 3000, a musician in his own right, has not had much acting experience except in TV shows like "The Shield" and supporting roles in multiple movies. This will be his first principal role, according to The Birmingham News, and the film is praised for not being a two-hour long biography full of facts and information but one that resurrects the spirit of its subject.

John Ridley, the screenwriter of "12 Years a Slave," wrote and directed the film, which focuses on the pre-fame years of Hendrix's life and is set in London before he made it big in the U.S. The films focuses on both his personal as well as public life and does have a share of performances, emulating in great detail Hendrix's demeanor, based on the trailer.

Old ideals clashed with the new thoughts developed during the 1960s, and the film places Hendrix and his music right in the middle. Alongside Andre 3000 will be a repertoire of British actors, including Imogen Poots and Hayley Atwell, who star as Hendrix's girlfriends. The film will be released in theatres on Sept. 26, 2014.

Watch the trailer:

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