Passion Pass

Bill Murray will replace British actor Toby Kebbell as a murdering mobster in "Passion Play", reports Production Weekly.

The dramatic thriller is set in 1950s Los Angeles and follows a down-on-his-heels trumpet player (portrayed by Mickey Rourke) who finds redemption from an angel stuck under the thumb of ruthless gangster Happy Shannon (Murray).

Megan Fox playing a circus freak, Kelly Lynch, Lora Cunningham, Mike Miller and Chuck Liddell co star.

Mitch Glazer, who wrote the screenplay for Murray's 1988 cult Christmas comedy "Scrooged" penned and is directing the production which is currently filming in New Mexico.