Filmmaker Wim Wenders, who recently helmed the Bono-penned flick, "The Million Dollar Hotel," as well as the Oscar-nominated 1999 documentary, "Buena Vista Social Club," is among the group of directors who have been tapped to oversee an upcoming mini-series on blues music.

Other directors who have committed to the project, dubbed "The Blues," include Marc Levin, the man behind the 1998 hip-hop poetry flick, "Slam," and Michael Apted, who directed the most recent James Bond film, "The World Is Not Enough."

Martin Scorsese, who is serving as one of the executive producers for "The Blues," may also direct an episode of the planned six-part documentary series. "The Blues" will detail the history of the music genre, as well as such progenitors as Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, and Robert Johnson.

"I've always felt an affinity for blues music," Scorsese wrote in a statement. "The culture of storytelling through music is incredibly fascinating and appealing to me. The blues have a great emotional resonance and are the foundation for American popular music."

"The Blues" series, which has yet to secure a broadcast deal, will be a joint production of Scorsese's Cappa Productions, Offline Entertainment, and Clear Blue Sky Productions, whose president, Jody Patton, also serves as the executive director of the Experience Music Project in Seattle.