{"id":67426,"date":"2013-11-13T13:50:13","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T13:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2013\/11\/13\/don-cheadle-to-direct-and-star-in-miles-davis-film-kill-the-trumpet-player\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T08:45:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T08:45:45","slug":"don-cheadle-to-direct-and-star-in-miles-davis-film-kill-the-trumpet-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/don-cheadle-to-direct-and-star-in-miles-davis-film-kill-the-trumpet-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Cheadle to direct and star in Miles Davis film, Kill The Trumpet Player"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don Cheadle to direct and star in Miles Davis film, Kill The Trumpet Player<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

November 13, 2013<\/p>\n

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Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor<\/strong>, and Zoe Saldana<\/strong> will star in BiFrost Pictures\u2019 KILL THE TRUMPET PLAYER<\/strong>, it was announced today. KILL THE TRUMPET PLAYER tells the story of a few dangerous days in the life of Miles Davis<\/strong>, the virtuoso, fighter and genius, as he bursts out of his silent period and conspires with a Rolling Stone writer (McGregor) to steal back his music. Saldana will play Frances Davis, the trumpet player’s former wife.<\/p>\n

Cheadle will play Davis and will make his feature directorial debut from a script co-written with Steven Baigelman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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BiFrost principal Daniel Wagner<\/strong> is financing and will produce the project along with Robert Ogden Barnum<\/strong>, Cheadle and Lenore Zerman<\/strong> for their Crescendo Productions banner, Darryl Porter<\/strong>, and Vince Wilburn Jr. <\/strong>Executive producers are Pamela Hirsch, Cheryl Davis, Erin Davis, Cassian Elwes<\/strong> and Baigelman. Herbie Hancock<\/strong>, a legend in his own right and close collaborator of Davis, will participate in the project as well. The project was packaged by UTA which arranged the financing and is representing U.S. rights. Leading international films sales company IM Global is handling international distribution and will be introducing the title at the upcoming American Film Market.<\/p>\n

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Wagner commented, \u201cDon is one of our generation\u2019s greatest actors, and this is the role he was born to play. His take on the conventional biopic of one of music\u2019s most celebrated icons is cinematic \u201cjazz\u201d and too unique to resist. It fits naturally with BiFrost\u2019s commitment to support talent and their passion projects, so we are thrilled to work with Don on his feature directorial debut.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Cheadle is best known for roles in CRASH, Steven Soderbergh\u2019s OCEAN’S TWELVE and OCEAN\u2019S THIRTEEN, as well as for his Academy Award-nominated performance as Best Actor in 2004\u2019s HOTEL RWANDA. He has most recently been seen as Colonel James Rhodes in IRON MAN 3 and as Marty Kaan in the Showtime series \u201cHouse of Lies,\u201d for which he won a Golden Globe in 2013. Cheadle is represented by UTA.<\/p>\n

McGregor is best known for his roles in THE IMPOSSIBLE, GHOST WRITER, BEGINNERS, MOULIN ROUGE, TRAINSPOTTING and the STAR WARS franchise. McGregor was nominated for a Golden Globe last year for his work on the feature SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN. He will next be seen in the crime drama SON OF A GUN and he is currently shooting MORTDECAI opposite Johnny Depp and Gwyneth Paltrow. McGregor is represented by UTA, Sloane Offer and United Agents in the UK.<\/p>\n

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