The film, which was shot on location in Wilmington, North Carolina and at Universal City, CA, is set in a 1930s southern speakeasy, and follows two characters, Percival (Benjamin), the club's piano player, and Rooster (Patton), the club's lead performer and manager.
“Andre Benjamin and Antwan Patton are artists without parallel on the cultural landscape,” said HBO Films President Colin Callender in a statement. “Together with director Bryan Barber, their videos have taken the synthesis of music, cinema and style to a whole new dimension. We are proud and excited that they have chosen to work with HBO to bring their unique vision of an original musical to the screen.”
Longtime Outkast music video collaborator, Bryan Barber, wrote the film's screenplay and directed. The film's soundtrack will be released in late 2005, while the film will hit screens in 2006.
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