Following in the footsteps of fellow rocker Gene Simmons (My Dad the Rock Star), former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee is getting animated. According to Daily Variety, the tattooed bad boy will lend his voice to the title character in a half-hour animated television series in development at FOX. Loosely based on Lee’s wild life The Life and Times of Jimmy Jaxx is being spearheaded by Smart Ent. the company behind the hit comedy feature Blades of Glory.
Jimmy Jaxx is a rock star struggling to find harmony between the craziness of life on the road and his more stable home life. His efforts to balance maturity and immaturity are complicated by his own tattoos, which come to life and attempt to lead him astray. Lee has been regaling the writers with true anecdotes from his past to inspire storylines.
Lee will serve as a producer on the series, along with Zac Unterman, Carl Stubner and Nick Lawson. Exec producers include Smart Ent.’s John Jacobs, a consulting producer on Family Guy, and seasoned animation writers Steven Ilous (The Polar Express), Bill Rosenthal (Tripping the Rift) and Steve Freeman (Stripperella). Jacobs and Smart Ent. next have Beverly Hills Chihuahua coming out in theaters. The talking-dog comedy featuring the voices of Drew Barrymore, Selma Hayek, Andy Garcia, Cheech Marin and George Lopez opens on Sept. 26.
