Sony Pictures Classics has pounced on a hot awards prospect, acquiring Us rights and all available territories on Don Cheadle’s Miles Davis biopic and feature directorial debut.
Miles Ahead tells the story of a few lost days in the life of Davis as he bursts out of his silent period, conspires with a Rolling Stone writer to steal back his music and relives the years he had with his great love, Frances Taylor.
Spc tends to premiere its choice films in Telluride, although the film’s official world premiere has already been set for October 10 as the New York Film Festival closing night gala.
Steven Baigelman and Cheadle co-wrote and Cheadle stars alongside Ewan McGregor, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michael Stuhlbarg and Keith Stanfield.
Cheadle, Lenore Zerman, Pamela Hirsch, Daniel Wagner, Robert Ogden Barnum, Darryl Porter and Vince Wilburn, Jr produced, while Mark Amin, Baigelman, Jonathan Gardner, Davis’ son Erin Davis and daughter Cheryl Davis, serve as executive...
Miles Ahead tells the story of a few lost days in the life of Davis as he bursts out of his silent period, conspires with a Rolling Stone writer to steal back his music and relives the years he had with his great love, Frances Taylor.
Spc tends to premiere its choice films in Telluride, although the film’s official world premiere has already been set for October 10 as the New York Film Festival closing night gala.
Steven Baigelman and Cheadle co-wrote and Cheadle stars alongside Ewan McGregor, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michael Stuhlbarg and Keith Stanfield.
Cheadle, Lenore Zerman, Pamela Hirsch, Daniel Wagner, Robert Ogden Barnum, Darryl Porter and Vince Wilburn, Jr produced, while Mark Amin, Baigelman, Jonathan Gardner, Davis’ son Erin Davis and daughter Cheryl Davis, serve as executive...
- 8/5/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
While putting my early Oscar predictions together I included Don Cheadle's directorial debut Miles Ahead, in which he not only directs but stars in the life story of Miles Davis, on my Best Actor (Cheadle) and Best Supporting Actress (Emayatzy Corinealdi) charts, but not on the Best Picture charts because the film is still without a domestic distributor and therefore without a release date and I didn't want to get too far ahead of myself. Well, the film is now set to premiere at the 53rd New York Film Festival as the closing night feature, which may be just the thing it needs to get a little buzz going. The announcement also comes with the following information regarding the story the film set out to tell: Miles Davis was one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. And how do you make a movie about himc You get...
- 7/22/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Now that crowdfunding has gone mainstream, what are the lessons learned from crowdsourced financing? Panelists were on hand at TheWrap's Media Leadership Conference, TheGrill, to discuss the next iteration of financing content online for a conversation entitled “The Latest in Crowdfunding: Do Perks and Equity Add Up?” Moderated by Brent Weinstein, head of digital media at UTA, the discussion included Chance Barnett, founder and CEO of Crowdfunder; Danae Ringelmann, co-founder and chief development officer of Indiegogo; and Lenore Zerman, partner at Liberman Zerman Management and Crescendo Productions. Ringelmann surprised the audience by telling them that crowdfunding is a bit of a.
- 10/8/2014
- by Gina Hall
- The Wrap
• Ron Paul will make his acting debut as a “commentator” in Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?, the third installment of the Atlas Shrugged film trilogy based on the novel by Ayn Rand. The book, and subsequent films, tells a story of a withering U.S. economy as a result of taxation and over-regulation. The former congressman and three-time presidential candidate will be joined by conservative personalities Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity in the film, directed by James Manera. [The Hollywood Reporter]
• Alison Brie (Community) is in talks to star in the New Line comedy How to be Single. Based on the Liz Tuccillo novel,...
• Alison Brie (Community) is in talks to star in the New Line comedy How to be Single. Based on the Liz Tuccillo novel,...
- 6/20/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, and Zoe Saldana will star in BiFrost Pictures’ Kill The Trumpet Player, it was announced today.
Kill The Trumpet Player tells the story of a few dangerous days in the life of Miles Davis, 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.
Cheadle will play Davis and will make his feature directorial debut from a script co-written with Steven Baigelman.
BiFrost principal Daniel Wagner is financing and will produce the project along with Robert Ogden Barnum, Cheadle and Lenore Zerman for their Crescendo Productions banner, Darryl Porter, and Vince Wilburn Jr. Executive producers are Pamela Hirsch, Cheryl Davis, Erin Davis, Cassian Elwes and Baigelman. Herbie Hancock, a legend in his own right and close collaborator of Davis, will participate in the project as well. The project was packaged...
Kill The Trumpet Player tells the story of a few dangerous days in the life of Miles Davis, 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.
Cheadle will play Davis and will make his feature directorial debut from a script co-written with Steven Baigelman.
BiFrost principal Daniel Wagner is financing and will produce the project along with Robert Ogden Barnum, Cheadle and Lenore Zerman for their Crescendo Productions banner, Darryl Porter, and Vince Wilburn Jr. Executive producers are Pamela Hirsch, Cheryl Davis, Erin Davis, Cassian Elwes and Baigelman. Herbie Hancock, a legend in his own right and close collaborator of Davis, will participate in the project as well. The project was packaged...
- 11/13/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Updated: The two actors will star opposite Cheadle, who will make his feature directorial debut with "Kill the Trumpet Player."
Ewan McGregor and Zoe Saldana have joined Don Cheadle's Miles Davis biopic Kill the Trumpet Player.
Kill the Trumpet Player centers on a few dangerous days in the life of Miles Davis (Cheadle), 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, Miles' former wife.
Cheadle will make his feature directorial debut from a screenplay co-written by Steven Baigelman.
BiFrost's Daniel Wagner is financing and will produce with Robert Ogden Barnum, Cheadle and Lenore Zerman for Crescendo Productions, Darryl Porter and Vince Wilburn Jr. Executive producers are Pamela Hirsch, Cheryl Davis, Erin Davis, Cassian Elwes and Baigelman. Musician Herbie Hancock, a Davis collaborator, will also participate.
"Don is one of our generation's greatest actors,...
Ewan McGregor and Zoe Saldana have joined Don Cheadle's Miles Davis biopic Kill the Trumpet Player.
Kill the Trumpet Player centers on a few dangerous days in the life of Miles Davis (Cheadle), 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, Miles' former wife.
Cheadle will make his feature directorial debut from a screenplay co-written by Steven Baigelman.
BiFrost's Daniel Wagner is financing and will produce with Robert Ogden Barnum, Cheadle and Lenore Zerman for Crescendo Productions, Darryl Porter and Vince Wilburn Jr. Executive producers are Pamela Hirsch, Cheryl Davis, Erin Davis, Cassian Elwes and Baigelman. Musician Herbie Hancock, a Davis collaborator, will also participate.
"Don is one of our generation's greatest actors,...
- 11/13/2013
- by Philiana Ng
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: 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 will develop and executive produce series projects for Showtime. At UTA-repped Crescendo, the projects will be shepherded by development executive Kathryn Tyus-Adair. Since its launch six years ago, the film and TV production company has had first-look deals with Overture on the feature side and NBC for television. Crescendo's latest movie, comedy The Guard, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and will be released next month.
- 6/27/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
London -- Brendan Gleeson is teaming up with "Ned Kelly" scribe John Michael McDonagh to star in McDonagh's "The Guard," an Irish-set comedy thriller also featuring Don Cheadle, Mark Strong and Liam Cunningham.
Gleeson joins the movie as it begins shooting on location in Ireland.
It details the story of an unorthodox Irish policeman (Gleeson) who joins forces with a straitlaced FBI agent (Cheadle) to take on an international drug-smuggling gang.
Gleeson's character is billed as a small-town cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humor, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett to his door.
Written and directed by McDonagh the film also stars Fionnuala Flanagan, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Pat Shortt and newcomer Katarina Cas.
The film is produced by Reprisal's Chris Clark and Flora Fernandez Marengo and Element's...
Gleeson joins the movie as it begins shooting on location in Ireland.
It details the story of an unorthodox Irish policeman (Gleeson) who joins forces with a straitlaced FBI agent (Cheadle) to take on an international drug-smuggling gang.
Gleeson's character is billed as a small-town cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humor, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett to his door.
Written and directed by McDonagh the film also stars Fionnuala Flanagan, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Pat Shortt and newcomer Katarina Cas.
The film is produced by Reprisal's Chris Clark and Flora Fernandez Marengo and Element's...
- 10/29/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar-nominated actor-producer Don Cheadle and his Crescendo Prods. are making a big push in television with a two-year, first-look deal at Universal Media Studios.
Under the pact, expected to be announced today during NBC's portion of the winter Television Critics Assn. press tour, Crescendo will develop series projects for the studio.
"Don Cheadle is such a smart and dynamic presence both on the screen and behind the scenes," said Angela Bromstad, president of primetime entertainment for NBC and Ums. "We are already at work discussing ideas that will bring Don's strong and creative voice to our primetime schedule."
Founded in 2005, Crescendo is run by Cheadle and producing partners Kay Liberman and Lenore Zerman. The company, which recently signed a two-year, first-look deal with Overture Films on the feature side, has produced such films as "Traitor" and the documentary "Darfur Now."
Cheadle also was a producer of the Oscar-winning "Crash." He...
Under the pact, expected to be announced today during NBC's portion of the winter Television Critics Assn. press tour, Crescendo will develop series projects for the studio.
"Don Cheadle is such a smart and dynamic presence both on the screen and behind the scenes," said Angela Bromstad, president of primetime entertainment for NBC and Ums. "We are already at work discussing ideas that will bring Don's strong and creative voice to our primetime schedule."
Founded in 2005, Crescendo is run by Cheadle and producing partners Kay Liberman and Lenore Zerman. The company, which recently signed a two-year, first-look deal with Overture Films on the feature side, has produced such films as "Traitor" and the documentary "Darfur Now."
Cheadle also was a producer of the Oscar-winning "Crash." He...
- 1/15/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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