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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.

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 in “Bird.” “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 U.S. but all over the world.”

“What a Wonderful world” will begin shooting in the summer in Louisiana.

Cohen, who began working on the musician in the late 40’s as his road manager, is granting the filmmaker exclusive access to his personal accounts as well as to letter and other materal in the Armstrong archives. Armstrong is also known for his film appearances. Forest Whitaker is all set to act in Repossession Mambo, Hurricane Season and Powder Blue.

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