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Apple Original Films has greenlit Black & Blues: The Colorful Ballad of Louis Armstrong from executive producers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard.
Apple Original Films has ordered
Black & Blues: The Colorful Ballad of Louis Armstrong, a documentary about the life and pioneering career of the jazz legend Louis Armstrong from Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Documentaries.
The biopic, to be directed by Sacha Jenkins, will tell Armstrong’s story through the musical great s own words.
Black & Blues: The Colorful Ballad of Louis Armstrong is headed to Apple TV+ via Apple’s first-look agreement with Imagine Documentaries.
Jessie Henderson Joins Apple Studios as Feature Executive
Henderson previously was EVP, Original Feature Films for HBO MaxUmberto Gonzalez | April 9, 2021 @ 9:57 AM Last Updated: April 9, 2021 @ 10:31 AM
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Film and television development executive Jessie Henderson is joining Apple Studios as a feature executive, the company announced on Friday.
Henderson will report to Apple Original Films’ Matt Dentler, head of features. Henderson, who joins the company next week, will be part of the Apple Original Films team based in Los Angeles, which includes feature executive Lejo Pet, who recently joined Apple from Paramount Pictures.
Previously, Henderson was EVP, Original Feature Films for HBO Max, where she headed up the development of original films. Prior to her role at HBO Max, Henderson formed and served as co-president of Feigco Entertainment alongside Paul Feig. While at Feigco, she produced film and television projects that included “Spy,” “