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Music fans know that Louis Armstrong was an enormous influence on not
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Forest Whitaker To Direct/Star In First Ever 'Louis Armstrong' Pic
Academy Award-winning Actor Forest Whitaker is set to direct and star in 'What A Wonderful World' - a Louis Armstrong biopic."Armstrong left...
Forest Whitaker is in a Wonderful World
Forest Whitaker will direct and star in Louis Armstrong biopic What a Wonderful World for Paris-based Legende, the company behind La Vie en rose .
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tracks that will be included are "Single Ladies" and "If I Were A Boy,"
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I feel like she just released her last album a minute ago. Time flies
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Forest Whitaker è Louis Armstrong
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Woomanizah!!!
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Whitaker to star in Armstrong bio-pic
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Forest Whitaker has signed on to direct and star in a bio-picture about jazz great Louis Armstrong.
Forest Whitaker to Direct and Star in Louis Armstrong Biopic
According to Variety, Whitaker will direct and star in a Louis Armstrong biopic titled What a Wonderful World. The story will have the help of a Paris-based production company, Legende, the company behind another musician biopic, La Vie en Rose.
Some facts:
The movie, which is "the first big-screen project to be authorized by the Armstrong estate, will kick off during the musician's impoverished early years in New Orleans and primarily chronicle his career as a trumpet virtuoso and improvisational singer.
Forest Whitaker to direct and star in Wonderful
Ron Bass is all set to write the script for the movie which will be executively produced by Cohen, excutive of the Armstrong estate and the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation.
The film will delve into the early life of Armstrong as a an impoverished musician in the early in New Orleans and primarily chronicle his career as a trumpet virtuoso and improvisational singer.
“Armstrong left a monumental mark on our lives and our culture,” said Whitaker, who portrayed jazz great Charlie Parker i
Forest Whitaker Lands Lead In What a Wonderful World
We have another musical biopic on deck, this time revealing the life and times of legendary songster Louis Armstrong (as told by Forest Whitaker). We get the scoop thanks to our friends at comingsoon:
Forest Whitaker will direct and star in Louis Armstrong biopic What a Wonderful World for Paris-based Legende, the company behind La Vie en rose.
The film will kick-off during the musician’s impoverished early years in New Orleans and primarily chronicle his career as a trumpet virtuoso and improvisat
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Forest Whitaker to play Louis Armstrong in biopic
Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker is set to play the part of the late jazz great Louis Armstrong in a new Armstrong biopic, 'What A Wonderful World'.
The film, named after Armstrong's most famous song, has been officially approved by his estate.
Ron Bass will act as executive producer for the film, while Alain Goldman and Edward R. Pressman will produce it.
Variety reports that the film will concentrate on Armstrong's early years in New Orleans.
"Armstrong left a monumental mark on our lives
Forest Whitaker To Play Louis Armstrong
Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker is to take on another real-life character as he has been cast as Louis Armstrong in What A Wonderful World.The actor won his Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland and it's twenty years since he took on the role of Charlie Parker, a jazz musician, in Bird.The film of the popular musician, who was one of the first black performers, to break into the mainstream whill look at his hard and poverty stricken early years living in New Orlean
Whitaker to direct Louis Armstrong biopic
Forest Whitaker is set to direct and star in “What a Wonderful World,” a biopic based on the life of Louis Armstrong, according to Variety.
The trade says the film will kick off during the musician’s impoverished early years in New Orleans and primarily chronicle his career as a trumpet virtuoso and improvisational singer.
Whitaker will direct a script by Ronald Bass, screenwriter of “My Best Friend’s Wedding.”
"Armstrong left a monumental mark on our lives and our culture," Whitaker told V
Forest Whitaker To Play Louis Armstrong
Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker is to take on another real-life character as he has been cast as Louis Armstrong in What A Wonderful World.The actor won his Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland and it's twenty years since he took on the role of Charlie Parker, a jazz musician, in Bird.The film of the popular musician, who was one of the first black performers, to break into the mainstream whill look at his hard and poverty stricken early years living in New Orlean
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