TEDDY RILEY, B2K GET 'HYPE' FOR PARAMOUNT: Film about rival dance crews begins production in July

Producer Teddy Riley is about to new-jack-swing into Paramount's upcoming movie "Hype Nation," which follows dance battles between American R&B group B2K and Korean dance crew the Gambler. Riley will play a music director in the film, which begins shooting July 15 in the U.S. and then move to South Korea. Alex Calzatti ("I Am Cuba") directs the project for Young Film's Young Lee, a Korean American producer who has previously partnered with American hip-hop artists. The film is currently in search of a Korean female lead, according to Variety. Paramount plans to release the film worldwide in early 2009. SOURCE:EURWEB