{"id":1129,"date":"2014-07-18T08:33:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T08:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2017-02-18T05:53:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T05:53:12","slug":"don-cheadle-to-direct-and-star-in-the-miles-davis-masterpiece-miles-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/?p=1129","title":{"rendered":"Don Cheadle to Direct and Star in the Miles Davis Masterpiece! &#8211; &#8220;Miles Ahead&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRdrbmZB7ZmZsHCLYyJ2rsEsYzv6PtioHnXhv1rY0ccJk1zVuPS\" alt=\"\" \/>Ready to bring one of the biggest musicians in the 20th\u00a0century back in to the spotlight, Academy-Award nominated actor Don Cheadle, launched a crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo\u00a0for his new Miles Davis film, \u201cMiles Ahead.\u201d The goal is to raise $325k for additional production funds, including principal photography, for the film, which will be Mr. Cheadle\u2019s feature directional debut and go into production later this summer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The feature film will focus on a few day days and events in the life of Miles Davis, American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader and composer. Mr. Cheadle will take on the role of Mr. Davis and Evan McGregor is cast to co-star alongside him.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcStz4VBf82FsyfkUKQf9uO5SeG_8SZnp85t4sqndvFzxNGTExrQ\" alt=\"Image result for don cheadle\" \/>Mr. Cheadle stated, \u201cWe are eager to get the word out about our film and to build a community of people who are just as excited as we are about a Miles Davis movie. While Miles used his horn to communicate and create \u2018social music\u2019 we are using social media and today\u2019s online platforms to reach out to the music community, the film community and all people who are excited to see an explosive, cool music-filled movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\u201cMost studios don\u2019t make these kinds of movies anymore, so we are doing it independently. I\u2019m personally putting a big chunk of money into our budget as well as putting all my fees back in. But the extra money we hope to raise on Indiegogo will help us recreate the multiple time periods we\u2019re dealing with and with the logistics of incorporating all the music. We are excited to get people talking about the movie early, raise awareness, and set into motion the groundswell of support we hope will continue through to the film\u2019s release.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Cheadle will be producing \u201cMiles Away\u201d through his own Crescendo Productions. He will work with Daniel Wagner, Robert Ogden Barnum, Darryl Porter, Lenore Zeman, Pam Hirsch and Mr. Wilburn on behalf of the Davis estate.  Speaking on behalf of the family, Miles Davis\u2019 nephew Vince Wilburn noted, \u201cDon\u2019s vision and his unwavering passion will undoubtedly serve this project to the highest standard and we are beyond thrilled to have him on board.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1129"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1134,"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129\/revisions\/1134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevindkinsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}