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Val Kilmer is one among five to board Philippe Martinez’s upcoming indie thriller “The Steam Experiment,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Armand Assante, Eric Roberts, Megan Brown and Patrick Muldoon have also signed on to star in the project, which recently began filming in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Written by Rob Malkani, “Steam” focuses on a former university professor (Kilmer) who traps six people in a Turkish bathhouse and keeps increasing the temperature to prove to the world that humanity will slip into chaos under the impact of global warming.

Assante plays a detective who tries to find the location of the hostages. Roberts, Brown and Muldoon play three of the victims. On board to star as the remaining three are Eve Mauro, Quinn Duffy and Cordelia Reynolds.

Martinez also directed “Citizen Verdict” and the Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle “Wake of Death.”

Kilmer has several projects awaiting release, including Werner Herzog...

New York -- Things are heating up for Val Kilmer, Armand Assante, Eric Roberts, Megan Brown and Patrick Muldoon in the indie suspense thriller "The Steam Experiment."

The feature, revolving around six people trapped and terrorized in an urban Turkish bathhouse, marks a return to directing for its Cinepro Pictures producer Philippe Martinez.

Kilmer plays a former university professor who overheats his hostages to prove that humans will devolve into chaos under the pressures of global warming. He tells a detective (Assante) that their location will be revealed if his hypothesis is printed as the local paper's front-page headline.

The six potential victims are a former pro football player (Roberts), a former actress (Brown), a nurse (Muldoon), a waitress (Eve Mauro), a restaurateur (Quinn Duffy) and a writer (Cordelia Reynolds). As temperatures rise, the desperate detainees fight for survival.

Rob Malkani ("Day Zero") wrote the original screenplay. Karinne Behr, Luc Campeau,...

American talk show host Jerry Springer has made a surprise appearance at the Cannes Film Festival - as the lead in a new movie about reality TV gone mad. Springer plays the starring role in thriller Citizen Verdict, which premiered at the French festival yesterday. Set in a crime-ridden Florida of the future, Springer plays Marty Rockman, an unscrupulous TV producer who comes up with a new court-room reality show. Each week a real-life criminal will have their case tried on TV with viewers acting as jury. If they find the defendant guilty, the show culminates in their live televised execution. Springer, 59, attended the low-key premiere with co-star Armand Assante, who plays the show's liberal defense lawyer. He has dabbled in acting before, including a cameo as himself in Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me, but this is his first major starring role. According to the Jerry Springer Show host, the idea behind Citizen Verdict may not be that far-fetched. He says, "It seems extreme, and from my point of view it obviously is, but it really might be the next step for reality television." Describing his on-screen character, he adds, "I enjoyed playing him because in my life I'm always playing the normal, regular guy in the sea of craziness on my show. In this movie I get to play the evil one."...