Beyond the Sea (film) intended to produce and direct a biopic based on the life of Bobby Darin with funding from his own production company, Baltimore Pictures. With writer Lewis Colick, Levinson pitched the idea to Warner Bros. Pictures, who agreed to co-finance "The Bobby Darin Story" and cover distribution duties. Producer Arthur Friedman, a fan of Darin's work, began to laboriously negotiate for crucial music licensing rights with Darin's ex-wife, Sandra Dee; his son, Dodd; and former manager Steve Blauner. Colick wrote the first draft in 1987 before Warner Bros. and Levinson commissioned rewrites from Paul Attanasio and Paul Schrader. Their scripts, which
Kevin Phillips (actor) a supporting role in Queen Latifah’s "The Cookout" (2004) opposite Tim Meadows. He has also had roles in 2005's "American Gun" with Forest Whitaker and Donald Sutherland as well as "Rock The Paint" which premiered at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. In 2009's "Notorious", the biopic of the Notorious B.I.G., Kevin played Mark Pitts, the co-manager of the late rapper. In 2008, Kevin finished the street-fighting film, "Blood and Bone", as well as the musical, "Mama, I Want to Sing!" starring R&B singer Ciara. Kevin is currently filming his starring role in the indie action film "Sinners & Saints". In