Lil' Romeo To Join Dark Angel In 'Honey'

Lil' Romeo will star opposite Jessica Alba in Universal Pictures' "Honey," reports The Hollywood Reporter.

Music video director Bille Woodruff is making his feature directorial debut on the film, and studio-based Marc Platt is producing with music mogul Andre Harrel.

"Honey," written by Alonzo Brown and Kim Watson, is a music-driven coming-of-age drama about a sexy, tough inner-city woman named Honey (Alba) who hopes to start a neighborhood dance studio and subsequently is discovered by a music mogul. After she finds success as a hot new video choreographer, her dream is threatened when her mentor blackballs her for not sleeping with him. Lil' Romeo will play Benny, a young street kid from a broken family who happens to be a gifted dancer. Although the temptation to sell drugs is all around him, Honey persuades him to focus on his dancing talents.

Production begins Sept. 9 in Toronto.