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OUTKAST star ANDRE 3000 is set to play SAMMY DAVIS JR. in a new biopic documenting the entertainer’s controversial romance with KIM NOVAK.

The film, entitled Sammy and Kim, will focus on the interracial relationship between Davis and the Caucasian actress, which caused controversy in the 1950s at a time when the African-American Civil Rights Movement was in beginning to take place.

Their affair threatened to put an end to both Davis and Novak’s careers, and the couple were reportedly forced to split after the actress’ bosses at Columbia Studios called the singer and pressured him into finishing the affair.

Andre 3000’s take on Davis for the silver screen is not the only movie about the star in the works – Denzel Washington is working on In Black and White, and another two films, named Yes, I Can, after Davis’ autobiography of the same name, are also planned.

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OutKast’s Andre Benjamin – AKA Andre 3000 – is set to put another movie credit to his name. The hip-hop star has signed on to star in a basketball comedy called “Semi-Pro” with Will Ferrell.

Set in the 1970s, Benhamin will play a star basketball player who is also an expert on wooing the ladies. His coach/team owner/player is Jackie Moon, played by Ferrell. The two are part of the fictional team Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association.

Also starring in the New Line Cinemas picture is Woody Harrelson. Directing for the first time will be Kent Alterman.

This holiday season, Benjamin is voicing the character of Elwyn in “Charlotte’s Web,” based on the popular children’s novel by E.B. White.