Beyond the Sea (film) west conducted arbitration through the scripts that had been written since Barry Levinson developed the film at Warner Bros. in 1987. Lewis Colick, James Toback and Tom Epperson disassociated themselves for credit by the WGA. The Guild justified credit to Lewis Colick, who wrote the first draft of "The Bobby Darin Story" in 1987, and Kevin Spacey. Actor-writer Jeffrey Meek believed he should have deserved credit; he was paid $85,000 of a promised $125,000 to settle his claim to have performed writing services. Spacey said Meek was "not a hired writer" on "Beyond the Sea". "He turned in a draft,
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