"You sing the blues, you don't have to live them" - CADILLAC RECORDS trailer!

By Matt Holmes /

This poster & trailer combination went up a few days ago, we were a little late picking it up. Sorry folks (full poster, after the jump below or HERE). The movie is CADILLAC RECORDS, a music biopic we have been tracking for a over a year now. It was originally to star Matt Dillion as Leonard Chess, the founder of famed R & B label Chess Records and his successful time as a music producer in the 50's and 60's. Dillion was replaced by Adrien Brody and the likes of Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def and Beyonce Knowles jumped on board the project that only finished production six months ago and is heading straight for a rushed, commercialised Christmas release to beat another Chess biopic, WHO DO YOU LOVE, that played at the Toronto International Film Festival. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE TRAILER The trailer carries a very commercial, almost DREAMGIRLS esque tone heightened no doubt by the appearance of Beyonce and the same kind of colour scheme, most notable in the recording studio sets. It also doesn't feel very dramatic, I didn't see much of a hook or tension for me to wanna pay my money to see how this tale pans out. Acting wise, Jeffrey Wright looks to steal the show as Muddy Waters, he's having a great time of it right now riding of the success of W and QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Beyonce is just Beyonce, and Brody continues to kinda be invisible on our screens. I can't decide if he is killing the roles he is attracting too or he is attracted to poor choices, I dunno... but he hasn't worked for me in a movie for quite some time. I liked the music though but it's not enough. The movie opens in the U.S. on Dec. 5th from writer/director Darnell Martin (I LIKE IT LIKE THAT). source - aicn

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