“This project and its announcement are totally unauthorized! I hate the script and I control the music in Thelonious’ catalog,” Monk wrote in an email. Monk told Pitchfork that the biopic was unauthorized by his father’s estate. ![]() I took them at their word, and clearly that wasn’t the case.” It was one of my primary questions - just as important as the music, if not more important, that the family supported the project. To be clear, I was given every indication by the production company that the family was on board. Monk III is not happy with it, then neither am I. ![]() In an Instagram post, Bey (formerly known under the moniker Mos Def) said, “Let me be clear, if the Monk Estate is not happy with it, if Mr. A planned biopic of jazz icon Thelonious Monk is in trouble as recently cast star Yasiin Bey has stepped back from the project in the wake of disapproval from Monk’s family.
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