Charles S. Dutton is developing A Louis Armstrong mini-series for HBO with indie-director John Sayles.
Dutton has a development deal with HBO and he says he’s likely going to play the older version of Armstrong in the 6-hour series.
“Quincy Jones and I were trying to do [this project]15 years ago. The mistake we were making was that we were trying to do it as a 2 hour film. And Louis’ life is just so huge you just can’t, you know because the problem was well, what do we leave out, what do we keep in, and we could never really grasp the story on a 2 hour movie. So, you know it took us 15 years later to decide to do it as a big mini series.” [Collider]
