After his last album ‘Confessions’ sold over 1.3million copies in the UK alone, fans of international R’n’B superstar Usher will be eagerly anticipating his latest movie In The Mix, out to buy and rent on DVD on 27th August 2007 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. In this cool romantic comedy Usher plays a nightclub DJ who becomes heavily embroiled with the daughter of a fearsome crime lord. Following on from his roles in smash-hit movies, She’s All That and The Faculty, Usher stars alongside Oscar nominated actor Chazz Palminteri (Analyze This, A Bronx Tale) and Emmanuelle Chriqui (Entourage, The OC) in this story of love and gangster warfare. Usher plays Darrell, New York’s hottest nightclub DJ who saves the life of formidable mob boss, Frank Pacelli (Chazz Palminteri). In reward of his bravery, Darrell is hired as a bodyguard, responsible for the protection of the Don’s precious daughter Dolly, (Emmanuelle Chriqui). Despite being from different worlds, sparks fly between the couple but the star-crossed lovers face problems from her father who is against their burgeoning romance.
However, Frank also has his own battles to fight as a potential war with his arch-rival brews and his powerful position is threatened.
In The Mix is directed by the Emmy-award nominated Ron Underwood (Mighty Joe Young, City Slickers) and produced by John Dellaverson. This hip romantic comedy on DVD boasts a fantastic soundtrack, a fabulous cast and features a host of deleted scenes and 4 featurettes!