This is another one of those interesting musical movies that will sure to get the Academy blazing. It is surely not going to be another Dreamgirls but it does have a cast to boot. Cadillac Records chronicles the rise and fall of Chicago 1950’s R&B record label is now set for a December 5 th release. The cast includes some of my favorites like Jeffery Wright, Adrien Brody and Beyonce.

Beyonce will play the lead Etta James for the film, while Mos Def has been cast to play o.g. rocker Chuck Berry. Actress Gabrielle Union has been tapped to play Geneva Wade the girlfriend/wife of Muddy Waters to be played by Jeffery Wright. The film centers on R&B magnate Leonard Class played by Adrien Brody. The cast also includes Cedric the Entertainer, Columbus Short who will play Little Walter, Emmanuelle Chiriqui (Revetta Chess), Tammy Blanchard, and Eamonn Walker (Howlin Wolf)

Synopsis:

CADILLAC RECORDS chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists. In this tale of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in Chicago of the 1950s and 60s, the film follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America’s greatest musical legends.

The story of how the blues became popular and gave birth to rock and roll begins at a dingy bar on the rough South Side of Chicago in 1947, where an ambitious young Polish émigré, bar owner Leonard Chess (Academy Award-winner ADRIEN BRODY), hires a talented but undisciplined blues combo that includes quiet and thoughtful guitar prodigy Muddy Waters (JEFFREY WRIGHT) and impulsive and colorful harmonica player Little Walter (COLUMBUS SHORT). Fascinated by the sound of the music – and eager to cash in on the record burgeoning record business – Chess arranges a recording session for Waters. Waters’ early recordings start moving up the R+B charts and receiving heavy play.

Here are some of the pictures that are out for the movie with a poster

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