about Andre 3000, Keitel Are Cool

Hip-hop star and Hollywood veteran join Get Shorty sequel.


Outkast's Andre 3000 is getting set to make the jump from music to film. According to today's Hollywood Reporter, Andre will appear in Be Cool, MGM's forthcoming sequel to Get Shorty which is based on a novel by Elmore Leonard.


In addition to Andre, THR scoops that Harvey Keitel has been added to the awesome ensemble cast which includes John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Danny DeVito, Joe Pesci, James Gandolfini, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Cedric the Entertainer, Vince Vaughn and Christina Milian.

Be Cool reacquaints audiences with John Travolta's Chili Palmer, a loan shark-turned-feature film producer who gives up the movie business when he discovers a singer, Linda Moon (Milian), whom he wants to make famous.

Andre 3000 will play the leader of a rap group called the Dub MDs, with Keitel starring as a record promoter. Andre's role was reportedly tailored specially for the hip-hop star.

The sequel is being directed by Italian Job helmer F. Gary Gray. Elmore Leonard's novel was adapted by Peter Steinfeld (Analyze That, Drowning Mona).

The project started lensing today in Los Angeles with a holiday 2004 release planned.