Best Buddy

Author Michael Ondaatje 's book Coming Through Slaughter is being adapted for the big screen says Variety.

Set in early 1900s New Orleans, 'Slaughter' tells the life story of Buddy Bolden legendary cornettist who was a formative influence on jazz and on greats like Louis Armstrong.

Emmy-nominated Mark Bailey has adapted a script which Ondaatje has approved.

Ondaatje's The English Patient novel was adapted for the big scree in 1996 and won multiple Academy Awards--including Best Picture.