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Antoine Fuqua Will Apparently Direct Don Cheadle's Miles Davis Biopic; Hip-Hop Remix Album To Be Unveiled With Film's Release
- By Simon Dang
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- June 20, 2012 12:38 PM
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- 3 Comments
It seems like we've been talking about this film for years now, but it looks like there may have been some significant progression of the Don Cheadle-shepherded film about jazz icon Miles Davis. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal (via ShadowAndAct), Davis Estate heirs Erin Davis and Vince Wilburn Jr. have revealed that project will no longer see Cheadle at the helm -- as has been the plan for as long as we remember -- and that Antoine Fuqua is now slated to direct the picture that has previously been described as a '70's cubist gangster pic.
Don Cheadle's Biopic Of Miles Davis Has A Completed Script But Is Now Waiting On Financing
- By Simon Dang
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- December 16, 2010 3:27 AM
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Don Cheadle has been planning a biopic on the life of legendary jazz musician Miles Davis for quite some time now, and it looks like they've finally made some significant progress with a script by writer Steven Vegelman now completed and the project simply waiting on financing.
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