“She has a number of duets with Eckhart in the film.  The combination of Aaron and Vera will be pure magic,” says Miller.  Eckhart is deep into training for the role, learning to play drums and piano as well as training vocally to sing onscreen in the picture. “Aaron is totally committed to getting the music right for the film.  He is putting in hours and hours a week in preparation for the roll of Dennis Wilson,” adds Savin.

Filming will being on June 15, 2012 and will coincide with The Beach Boys 50th anniversary. Filming will take place in Southern California as well as Savannah, Georgia.

Choplifter HD will be available for download on the PlayStation Network and PC on January 10 for $14.99. It will available on January 11 on Xbox LIVE Arcade for 1200 Microsoft Points. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is co-publishing Choplifter HD on the Xbox.

In Choplifter HD, players take control of a variety of helicopters armed with a number of offensive capabilities so they can swoop in and make daring rescues in hot zones. The game features more than 30 missions ranging from straight prisoner extraction to dropping off saboteurs that blow buildings sky high to saving survivors from viral outbreaks.  Pilots must bank, hover, touchdown, and sometimes even shake loose pesky zombies hanging from their choppers.  Gamers can also look forward to a few cameos from some of the videogame industry’s most legendary leading men including Duke Nukem and Super Meat Boy.  Choplifter HD combines intense action, humor and tons of variety, creating developer inXile Entertainment’s own, fresh take on the original Choplifter experience.  Choplifter HD is rated T for Teen by the ESRB and dares players to risk their lives in order to save others starting today.

For more information about Choplifter HD, visit www.choplifterhd.com.