Saturday, June 21, 2014

Keith Stanfield Travels "Miles Ahead" For Don Cheadle

Keith Stanfield ("Short Term 12") has joined join the Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead aka Kill The Trumpet Player says The Wrap.


 Actor Don Cheadle’s set to star in and make his feature film directorial debut here. The story chronicles a few dangerous days in Davis (Cheadle)’ life when he teams up with a Rolling Stone journalist (Ewan McGregor) to hunt down a stolen recording intended to reignite his career.

Stanfield will play Junior, an edgy but impressionable trumpet player involved in the theft.

 Zoe Saldana also stars.

Stephen J. Rivele and Chris Wilkinson penned the script.

Cheadle Daniel Wagner, Robert Ogden Barnum Darryl Porter Vince Wilburn Jr, Lenore Zerman and Pamela Hirsch will produce the pic 

Herbie Hancock is the musical supervisor.

Production begins next month in Cincinnati.

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