One of the most legendary musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis has yet to be given the proper biopic treatment – but don’t let Don Cheadle hear you calling Kill the Trumpet Player a biopic. The massively influential jazz man and main proponent of the cool jazz movement – the reaction to the unfriendly, uptempo […]
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Don Cheadle Set To Direct, Star In Miles Davis Film ‘Kill the Trumpet Player’
November 14th, 2013 
Tyler Hanan 
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Director Of “Notorious” Hired For Miles Davis Biopic
November 10th, 2011 James Shotwell George Tillman Jr., the director whose vision gave us the slightly lackluster film Notorious about rapper Biggie Smalls, has been hired to direct a biopic on influential jazz musician Miles Davis. The film, which is tentatively titled Miles, will be based on a book by Davis’ son entitled Dark Magus: The Jekyll and Hyde Life […]
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