Beyond the Sea (film) included Johnny Depp as Bobby Darin, Drew Barrymore as Sandra Dee, Bette Midler as Darin's birth mother Nina and Bruno Kirby as Nina's husband/Darin's right-hand man, Charlie Mafia. Levinson eventually vacated the director's position in favor of "Liberty Heights" (1999); because he was unable to get "Dreamer" into production, Warner Bros. lost the music licensing rights, which reverted to the Darin estate. In March 1999, Dick Clark Productions announced their teaming with Dodd Darin on a biopic, with collaboration from producer Arthur Friedman, who had been developing both "The Bobby Darin Story" and "Dreamer" with Levinson at Warner Bros. since
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