Don Cheadle Directs and Stars in Miles Davis Biopic!

Acclaimed actor, Don Cheadle, makes his directorial debut in his new independent film, "Miles Ahead", a film about the life of Miles Davis. Cheadle will star as Miles Davis and he will be joined by a stellar ensemble cast including Ewan McGregor, Michael Stuhlbarg and Emayatzy Corinealdi. With the support of the Davis family, jazz fans across the globe and crowd source funding, filming will finally begin after nearly 10 years of arduous pre-production planning and development.

Recently, Cheadle was interviewed by Entertainment Weekly and intimately shared what creating this film truly means to him as a jazz enthusiast and arguably as Miles Davis' biggest fan.

Cheadle states:

"His music was definitely a part of my life very early on, thanks to my parents. And I was fortunate when I was young to have music teachers in school that also introduced us to jazz in general. I was maybe 10, in fifth grade, when I was fortunate enough to be introduced to the sax at a school which had instruments because we couldn’t afford one. So I started playing sax, and was really a fan of Charlie Parker and Cannonball Adderly. And through Cannonball I found Miles.

I’m not interested by all the things that a traditional biopic does. I want to tell a hot story that’s full of his music that feels impressionistic in that it finds a way to incorporate all his musical styles and influences and ideas. It needs to feel like his approach: 'I don’t care about what happened before. I’m about what’s happening now and about what’s happening next.' That’s Miles’ marching orders to me."

Best of luck on realizing your vision, Mr. Cheadle! We cannot think of a better talent to tell the story of the incomparable Miles Davis.