Don Cheadles Miles Davis Movie Is a Go Kill the Trumpet Player, which co-stars Ewan McGregor, will focus on Davis hiatus from music between 1975 and 1979 4 Comment 8 Don Cheadle Amy Graves/Getty Images for IM Global By Jon Blistein November 14, 2013 11:55 AM ET Don Cheadle will portray Miles Davis and make his directorial debut in a long in-the-works biopic about the famed, groundbreaking jazz musician, the Associated Press reports. See Where Davis Kind of Blue Lands on Our 500 Greatest Albums List Unlike most biopics, Kill the Trumpet Player will not cover Davis entire life and career; rather, it will focus on his brief hiatus from music between 1975 to 1979. Co-written by Cheadle and Steve Baigelman, the movie will co-star Ewan McGregor as a Rolling Stone reporter and Zoe Saldana as Davis former wife, Frances. Will the New Star Wars Movies Feature Ewan McGregor? Cheadle has been looking to make Kill the Trumpet Player for years, and now that hes received backing from BitFrost Pictures, the film will begin production next June. Davis family will have a role in the movies making, as will the trumpeters longtime collaborator, Herbie Hancock. Read more: rollingstone/movies/news/don-cheadles-miles-davis-movie-is-a-go-20131114#ixzz31o2YaX25 Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook
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