UPDATE: According to Don, it isn't actually a biopic. Here's what he tweeted:
" wrong on 2 counts. not doing a play OR a biopic but I AM doing a movie based on his life..."
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So, word of this one has been in the works for plenty of time now in the rumor and interview arena, and after our more than slight wait, Don Cheadle has finally confirmed that he's set to play jazz master Miles Davis in a biopic (apparently is isn't a biopic) directed by George Tillman Jr. (directed Notorious...yeah...), which, you know, is flawless considering Don's about the closest thing you could find to matching up someone to play Davis.
However, according to Cheadle, the biopic isn't set to be your usual career coverage:
“His story won’t be a straightforward biopic so much as a 'cubist' 'gangster pic' set in 1979, when the iconic American musician wasn’t even active in the music world.”
"I don’t think anyone’s going to be making the kind of movie we’re making. It’s not a biopic, per se. It’s a gangster pic. It’s a movie that Miles Davis would have wanted to star in. Without throwing history away, we’re trying to shuffle it and make it more cubist. The bulk of it takes place in ’79, in a period where he actually wasn’t playing. But we traverse a lot of it his life, but it’s not a cradle to grave story."
So, that's about that for now. Should be interesting. Cheadle doesn't disappoint...much [photo credit]. People have been nagging over the rumor that the biopic will first be going to Broadway. Here's what he tweeted:
"Dear Everybody, contrary to several internet sites, I am NOT doing in any way shape or form a Broadway play about Miles Davis. Word is bond."
That's the whole deal.
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