Billy Zane Boards Caland's Neo Noir 'Milliseconds'
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- Philippe Caland has set Billy Zane, John Billingsley, Scottie Thompson, and Bonnie Root for his sixth directorial feature, the neo noir thriller "Milliseconds."
- The film is billed as a complex mystery about a reclusive former painter drawn into a suicide hotline investigation, unraveling long-buried connections and hidden truths from the past.
- Additional cast includes Elijah Lynn Langston in his feature film debut, plus Kevin Ryan, Don Wallace, and Jason Lee Daniel; cinematographer Gonzalo Digenio is attached.
- Caland produces under his Junto House Films banner, with Root and Cynthia Bravo as co-producers and Zane serving as executive producer; the project will shoot in L.A., including the fire-impacted Alta Dena area.
- Caland originally broke out as writer and producer on Jennifer Lynch's "Boxing Helena" and also produced "Dead Girl," while Zane — repped by Paradigm — recently drew attention portraying Marlon Brando in "Waltzing with Brando."
Why it matters: Caland writes, directs, and produces each of his features — this is his sixth — and now adds Zane as executive producer, extending the self-contained production model that began with his breakout on "Boxing Helena." Shooting in fire-impacted Alta Dena deliberately grounds the film's stated themes of loss, destruction, and rebirth in a real landscape still recovering from wildfire.
