Billy Zane, John Billingsley, Scottie Thompson & Bonnie Root Set For Philippe Caland’s Neo Noir Thriller ‘Milliseconds’
EXCLUSIVE: Billy Zane (Titanic), John Billingsley (Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey), Scottie Thompson (NCIS) and Bonnie Root (Don’t Let Them Out) have signed for writer-director-actor Philippe Caland’s neo noir thriller Milliseconds.
The film is billed as a complex mystery about a reclusive former painter who becomes drawn into an investigation involving a suicide hotline, unraveling long-buried connections and hidden truths from the past.
The cast also includes Elijah Lynn Langston, making his feature film debut, and Kevin Ryan (Harry Wild, The Rainmaker), along with Don Wallace and Jason Lee Daniel.
Caland will produce under his Junto House Films banner, alongside co-producers Root and Cynthia Bravo, with Zane serving as executive producer. Cinematographer Gonzalo Digenio is also attached.
The project will shoot in L.A., against sweeping views of the cityscape, local architectural landmarks, and a locale in the fire impacted Alta Dena area.
“I am particularly fascinated by the power of art and the creative process to confront, heal, and reveal one’s authentic self,” said Caland. “Milliseconds explores the journey of loss, grief, destruction and transformation, the process of metamorphosis, life and death, rebirth, and the narratives and belief systems that often imprison us.”
It is Caland’s sixth feature directorial credit after films such as Hollywood Buddha and Ripple Effect, The Guru and the Gypsy, and Repentance, all of which he also wrote and produced.
Having originally broken out as a writer and producer on Jennifer Lynch’s Boxing Helena, Caland also produced Dead Girl, Infinity, and Loved.
Billy Zane earned global recognition as Cal Hockley in Titanic, his villainous role in Dead Calm, and as the heroic lead in The Phantom. He has appeared in over 100 films, actively produced many, and recently garnered attention for portraying Marlon Brando in Waltzing with Brando. He is repped by Paradigm Talent Agency.
John Billingsley, who next appears in the upcoming Paramount+ limited series Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey, is repped by Trademark Talent and Artium Talent; Scottie Thompson, best known for her recurring roles on NCIS, 12 Monkeys, The Blacklist, and Macgyver, by TalentWorks and Yazzy Entertainment, and Root, who proviously worked with Caland as co-producer Death in Ojai, by Daniel Hoff Agency and Zero Gravity Management.
