2008 Movies : Music

With Gabrielle Union • Adrien Brody • Jeffrey Wright • Columbus Short • Cedric the Entertainer • Darnell Martin • Emmanuelle Chriqui • Mos Def • Tammy Blanchard

Adrien Brody and Jeffrey Wright will portray blues/R&B record exec Leonard Chess and blues musician Muddy Waters, respectively. Leonard Chess launched the Chicago blues label Chess Records and traveled throughout the south, discovering artists and selling records from the back of his Cadillac.