Miles & Juliette is now shooting in Paris. Bill Pohlad directs from a screenplay by Zora Howard, a Pulitzer Prize finalist. The film follows Miles Davis's first trip outside the United States. It is 1949. Davis is 22. He meets Juliette Gréco, a defining figure of the postwar Left Bank, just before either of them becomes a cultural legend.
Damson Idris plays Davis. Anamaria Vartolomei plays Gréco. Filming began October 9, 2026. Production companies are Pohlad's River Road Entertainment and Jagged Films, the banner run by Mick Jagger and Victoria Pearman.
The supporting cast carries serious jazz weight: J. Alphonse Nicholson plays Kenny "Klook" Clarke, Jay Reeves takes Tadd Dameron, Grammy-winning musician Terrace Martin plays Charlie "Bird" Parker, Denny Love plays James Moody, Lodric D. Collins plays Max Roach, and Hubert Point-Du Jour plays John Coltrane. Robert Glasper, who produced the 2016 Davis tribute album Everything's Beautiful, handles the original score.
Erin Davis, Cheryl Davis, and Vincent Wilburn Jr. serve as executive producers, according to Blexmedia. Why Not Productions (Pascal Caucheteux) is handling French production services. CAA Media Finance holds North American rights.
Pohlad previously directed Love & Mercy, the 2014 Brian Wilson biopic. Miles & Juliette has no confirmed release date.
