Damson Idris to Play Miles Davis in Mick Jagger-Produced Period Romance ‘Miles & Juliette’

Damson Idris will star in period romance Miles & Juliette with Anamaria Vartolomei, with Idris playing Miles Davis and Vartolomei portraying Juliette Gréco.

Love & Mercy director Bill Pohlad will direct the project from a screenplay by Zora Howard. Mick Jagger will produce via his Jagged Films banner along with Victoria Pearman and Pohlad via his River Road Entertainment banner (Brokeback Mountain) alongside Kim Roth (Mudbound).

Xavier Dolan will also star along with Idris and Vartolomei.

According to the project’s description, Miles & Juliette follows “22-year-old Miles Davis (Idris) on a transformative trip to Paris in 1949, where he falls into a passionate romance with Juliette Gréco (Vartolomei), the French singer, actress, and Left Bank icon. What begins as an intimate affair blossoms into a profound connection between two young artists — just before they became cultural legends.”

Goodfellas will launch international sales for Miles & Juliette at the Cannes Film Market, with CAA Media Finance handling North American rights.

Idris, repped by CAA, M88 and Hansen Jacobson, will next be seen opposite Brad Pitt in F1 and is currently filming Paramount’s fantasy film Children of Blood and Bone. Vartolomei, repped by CAA and UBBA, appeared in Bong Joon-Ho’s Mickey 17.

Dolanis repped by CAA and Thirty Three Management; Pohlad by CAA and Untitled; Howard by CAA; Jagged Films by CAA and David Fox.