Pharrell is flipping the biopic idea on its head along with his movie Piece by Piece, which hits theaters on October 11. The acclaimed artist instructed his life story by means of Lego animation with the assistance of director Morgan Neville.
“What we made shouldn’t be like another film,” Pharrell instructed Selection. “I don’t know what a comp for it could be. Individuals can try to label it. It’s simply its personal movie. It’s mind-blowing, in a means, the liberty that we had been in a position to put collectively within the movie, however that solely works in the event you’re channeling your topic.”
The Neptunes producer was reluctant to comply with a biopic when his agent approached him with the thought years in the past. Pharrell modified his thoughts when he was given the inventive freedom to do no matter he needed.
“Everybody was doing [biopics] on the time, and I used to be like, ‘Hell no,’” he stated. “I by no means need to do what all people else is doing. Everyone’s taking the Lincoln Tunnel, then I need to take a airplane … However when he lastly stated the magic phrases, ‘You are able to do it any means you need,’ I knew deep down inside that I needed to do it by means of Lego.”
The upcoming movie options Lego variations of Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Timbaland and extra.
“Everyone comes by means of so properly. It’s so charming if you see it,” Pharrell stated. “I take pleasure in stop-motion animation. However that’s not what that is.”
Pharrell additionally created two new tracks for the film.
“There are two new compositions,” he stated. “One is made for a particular scene. And the opposite one is made for a particular scene however tells the story; it’s like my thesis — [which is] that God is the best, that consciousness, simply understanding that that’s the story.
“The remainder of the music is music that Chad [Hugo] and I made collectively and songs additionally that I made on my own, and that we produced and wrote for different folks. It’s one massive enjoyable musical documentary biopic.”