Forest Whitaker knows a little something about playing jazz greats. He starred as Charlie Parker in the Clint Eastwood-directed biopic, Bird, back in 1988. Now the Oscar winner will direct and star in What a Wonderful World, a movie following Louis Armstrong's life from his early days in New Orleans until his 1971 death. The Armstrong estate must have a lot of faith in Whitaker; this is the first big screen project it has officially approved. [Variety]