The Miles Davis Movie: A New Unofficial Teaser Poster To Enjoy
Our friend Michael Stadtlender has designed seven really outstanding unofficial teaser poster designs for Don Cheadle’s Miles Davis Biopic. It’s a pleasure for me to publish the work on Miles Davis Online. If I’m the person down the road charged with marketing the film, I would absolutely seek out talents like Stadtlender, along with Julien [...]
The Miles Davis Movie: Don Cheadle Stirs Up Buzz With Comments About His Miles Davis Film
Of all the news to come out of Don Cheadle’s interview with the Wall Street Journal last week about his Miles Davis Film, his comment about the movie being ‘a gangster pic’ has attracted the most attention. Gangster like ‘Goodfellas’ gangster? No, most likely not – let’s hope. More like the modern slang ‘gangsta’, which [...]
The Miles Davis Movie: Don Cheadle Says They Have A Studio Offer; Describes Movie’s Style As ‘Cubist’
With 2012 knocking on the door, we leave 2011 with a blast of exciting news from Don Cheadle regarding the Miles Davis Movie. Here’s the Don Cheadle q&a with John Jurgensen from Friday’s Wall Street Journal: You’ve been midwifing a Miles Davis movie for years. Is that baby still alive? It is. It’s the longest [...]
The Miles Davis Movie: Will Cameras Roll For Don Cheadle’s Miles Davis Film In 2012?
Maybe. Maybe not. The Miles Davis Movie is listed on IMDB with a 2013 date. I assume that’s the release year. So that means they’d have to shoot sometime in 2012 to get the movie out the following year. Iron Man 3 also has a 2013 listing, and apparently filming commences May 2012, so already [...]
The Miles Davis Movie: Don Cheadle Mum On The Other Miles Davis Movie
Last month brought news that director George Tillman Jr. will take the reins on a biopic about Miles Davis. Tentatively titled ‘Miles,’ the film is being developed by the late trumpeter’s son, Gregory, who based the project on his book – “Dark Magus: The Jekyll and Hyde Life of Miles Davis.” Of course there is [...]
The Miles Davis Movie(S): Two Movies, One Hope To Get It Right
In the world of All Things Miles Davis, it’s big news about producer Nick Davis Raynes and director George Tillman Jr. all set to film a biopic of Miles Davis. The news also puts Don Cheadle’s long-gestating project in the spotlight; with Cheadle’s commitment to the Miles Davis Estate-approved movie way back in 2007, his [...]
The Other Miles Davis Biopic Makes A Big Move
via cinemablend.com Soul Food and Men of Honor director George Tillman Jr., who captured Notorious B.I.G.’s life story in the 2009 biopic Notorious, will take a swing at another musical icon when he tackles Miles Davis in a planned biopic. Tentatively titled Miles, the film is being developed by the late trumpeter’s son, Gregory, The [...]
The Miles Davis Movie: Is Antoine Fuqua Directing The Miles Davis Biopic?
Director Antoine Fuqua’s name has been associated for many years with the Miles Davis Biopic. I have always figured Don Cheadle would direct the film, along with portraying the jazz legend. In March of 2007, news officially broke of Cheadle’s involvement with the project; a story in Variety noted that Cheadle would make his feature [...]
The Miles Davis Movie: An Offer On The Table, But No Details
No big surprise that there hasn’t been much news lately for the Miles Davis Movie. The project’s chief visionary, Don Cheadle, recently made news by joining Denzel Washington in the Robert Zemeckis drama Flight. And let’s not forget Showtime’s upcoming comedy, House of Lies, which stars Cheadle and Kristen Bell and debuts in early 2012. [...]
The Miles Davis Movie: Why Not A Feature Documentary About Miles Davis?
I just finished watching When You’re Strange, Tom DiCillo’s feature documentary about the music and legacy of The Doors. I thought it was rather well-done and interesting. I like The Doors, so it’s no stretch for me to be a fan of the doc, which features some mighty impressive footage. So I wonder, even with [...]
The Miles Davis Movie: “We’re struggling through, but it’s going to happen,” Says Don Cheadle
Talk of the Miles Davis Movie makes it into a recent Don Cheadle interview with New York Magazine. Between talk of his new film The Guard and his latest work as a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador for the environment, Cheadle delivers some words about the process of getting the Miles Davis film off the ground. There’s [...]
The Miles Davis Movie: A Day In The Life
Don Cheadle recently discussed the status of the Miles Davis Biopic in an interview with Collider.com. For me, the highlight of his comments was describing the film as taking place “over a day and a half of his life — a very intense day and a half of his life…” We’ve known for awhile now [...]
Hey, What’s Don Cheadle Doing?*
The following Don Cheadle news comes via Deadline Hollywood and reporter Nellie Andreeva: Don Cheadle, star of Showtime’s upcoming comedy series House of Lies, is expanding his relationship with the pay cable network through a first-look deal for his Crescendo Prods. Under the one-year pact, Cheadle and his producing partners Kay Liberman and Lenore Zerman [...]
The Miles Davis Movie: Don Cheadle Says ‘It’s Not A Biopic’
Collider makes my day with a new interview with Don Cheadle. In between discussing Iron Man 3, The Avengers and his new Showtime project House of Lies, Collider’s Sheila Roberts was able to get Cheadle to discuss the Miles Davis Biopic. Q: A while back you talked to us about the Miles Davis project with [...]
The Miles Davis Movie: Waiting So Long
Just to give you an idea of where we stand on the Miles Davis Movie timeline, I began tracking the film project in March 2007 for my blog The Miles Davis Movie. It was at this time Don Cheadle had officially come aboard to the project. Here is the link to a March 14, 2007 [...]
