Forest Whitaker will be starring and directing in the new Louis Armstrong biopic, What a Wonderful World.
He better not suck – cuz, since he’s directing it, he can’t blame anyone but himself!
The flick is being made by the Paris-base company Legende.
The film’s exec producer will be Oscar Cohen, who actually worked with Armstrong in the late 1940s as his road manager.
As for the script, that will be written by Ron Bass who also wrote My Best Friend’s Wedding and Entrapment.
Whitaker said, “Armstrong left a monumental mark on our lives and our culture. He lived an amazing life and, through his art, shifted the way music was played and would be heard after him, not just here in the US but all over the world.”
Let’s hope the movie doesn’t bomb.
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