Although the Oscar-nominated screenwriting and producing duo Chris Wilkinson and Stephen J. Rivele are still listed on IMDB as part of the Untitled Miles Davis Biopic, Erin Davis (Davis’ son) and Vince Wilburn Jr. (Davis’ nephew), in a recent interview with YRB Magazine, reveals that a new writer, Steven Baigelman, is collaborating with Don Cheadle … Continue reading »
Now that the Writers Guild of America has announced their nominees for the 2009 Writers Guild Awards, what better time to spotlight Oscar-nominated screenwriting and producing duo, Chris Wilkinson and Stephen J. Rivele, the two men currently working on the script for the Miles Davis biopic. Hopefully we’ll see the writing duo pull in countless … Continue reading »
File this under: late to the party (but no less intriguing). Back in March 2008 Don Cheadle appeared on the cover of Essence. I know this because in doing research I stumbled upon a transcript of the interview. What’s notable is how much Cheadle expounds on the Miles Davis biopic in literally a few short … Continue reading »
Buried in the middle of an Associated Press interview with Aretha Franklin about her new X-mas CD is a tidbit about the writers of the Miles Davis movie and her biopic. AP: A movie about your life is in the works. How is that progressing? Franklin: I sat with the writers that came in for … Continue reading »
© Paul Slaughter http://www.slaughterphoto.com A few days ago I spotted this photo gallery/feature on Yahoo! about the 10 Most Biographically Inaccurate Movies. Obviously it got me thinking about the Miles Davis biopic and what, if any, liberties should the screenwriters take in crafting the story of Miles Davis for a motion picture. The feature, in … Continue reading »
1959 was quite a year for Miles Davis. In March he recorded “Kind of Blue” on Columbia Records. On August 25, while taking a break outside the legendary Birdland nightclub in New York City, Davis was beaten by the police and arrested. And to think he had just performed for an Armed Forces Radio broadcast … Continue reading »
Lots and lots of chatter across the ‘Net this week about Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Bastards” – his latest movie project about a raucous crew of American soldiers who travel into Germany in 1944 to kill a lot of Nazis. You get the idea. It should not be surprising there’s been a lot of QT news … Continue reading »
Let’s not spend the next 100 hours dissecting every important and negligible detail in the life of Miles Davis. However, there are numerous moments of public record that serve as significant milestones during the life and times of the great jazz man. No doubt many of those moments will make their way into the film … Continue reading »
As a writer this is a topic very near and dear to my heart. As the old theatre cliché’ goes, “if it ain’t on the page, it ain’t on the stage!” And while the film business is mostly a directors’ medium, the screenwriter and script still plays an essential part of the movie-making process. Yes, … Continue reading »
