As a part of a 10-picture deal with Lions Gate under his Cheetah Vision imprint, 50 Cent will star in the upcoming movie Freelancers. The film will be directed by Soul Plane director Jessy Terrero, who has previously worked with 50 on the movie Gun and two other 50 Cent video projects, The Massacre: Special Edition and 50 Cent: The New Breed.
“[Curtis] Jackson will portray the son of a slain NYPD officer who joins the force and is welcomed by his father’s former partner into the ranks of his vice crime task force—and on to a team of rogue Gotham cops,” writes Dave McNary of Variety. “Filming begins March 28 in Grand Rapids, Mich. The Film was written by Phillipe Cassius.”
Some of 50’s previous acting roles include Righteous Kill, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Twelve and the aforementioned Gun. The multi-platinum rapper also has five movies in preproduction, including a role in Things Fall Apart that required him to lose over 50 pounds in nine weeks.
[February 18, 2011]
UPDATE: The trailer for Freelancers, starring 50 Cent and Robert De Niro, has been released. The film will be released to DVD, Blu-ray, Digital Download and On Demand on August 21st, while it will hit theaters for a limited run on August 10th. Watch the clip below.
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wow Hollywood thanks. Another ignorant brotha playing gangsta roles disguised as a cop. Booh
dude movies be aite an all but they that one time watch type movies
#imjustsayin
he wud play a cop.. SMH
It’s part of the protection plan he has with the police
y are u defending 50 its a fuckin movie he can play what he wants ppl who say toherwise are ass backwards retarded
what a fucking idiot. if he would play a gangsta yall would say he can’t move on/evolve.
DAMN!!! When the fuck will Curtis ever stop playing the fuckin’ police in his films? Now it’s quite believable what Game was saying about 50 hiding behind the police. Shit has to be true now. Maybe it’s because of the protection from the police that 50 actually made it this far.
mega supreme is another broke ass hater don’t you wish you get $$ paper to play a part, money talk bullshit walk
Good theory… so 2-pac was also a cop, and ice cube is in the army, method man and redman went to harvard, Brad Pitt fought in WW1, as well as Tom Hanks, matt damon, and Ben afflect, Bruce willis has been to outer space, Beyonce sleeps with mike myers, Andre 3000 played basketball in the 70’s, Dr.Dre is a cop, Snoop Dogg is a Vampire, Lloyd banks is a school teacher, and RZA is also a cop… Like I said.. Good theory..
BAHAHAHA
Mega supreme is a genious
All of these go STV anyway.
remenber game is game now beacause of 50 cent or else he would have been another rapper trying to make it in life all ya hater kill ya self hang your self in a three lol
game is game cause of DRE not 50, nice try
Is it really news when you are starring in your own movie?? smh
is it like a fucken joke to producers to put gangster rappers as cops?
First Ice-t now this bitch nigga.
It’s typecasting son
Next I’ll play an unattractive gorilla
all i have to say is fif is the smartest rapper in this game,he came from nothing to very much.8 years all that shit,it’s fucking impressive,one day he will secure himself an oscar.watch.
ya hear that new song from 50 on thisis50?
adding that the guy who is going to direct this movie also directed soul plane automatically made me to avoid this movie at all costs
Makes sense..He should be believable as one considering the amount of time spent snitching to them and being escorted by them everywhere
Is it really news when you are starring in your own movie??? smh
BIG UPS TO FIF FOR DA ROLE! THAT’S WHY ALL THAT SHIT YOU HATERS SAY ABOUT HIM DON’T MATTER! THIS NIGGA DON’T HAVE TO DO MUSIC IF HE DON’T WANT TO AND HE STILL GETTING MILLIONS! SMDH AT YOU DUDES FOR HATIN ON A MILLIONAIRE!
Play a cop???? He has been snitching for years.
He has 80 real white police to show him the ropes.
Schwarzenneger, Stallone, Snipes, Bruce Willis, Tom Cruise all have movie production houses and have starred in their own movies. It’s called being business smart. Stop hating and learn from the best…
Lol 50 is the fuckin man. EVERY move he makes gets dissected, yet so many hate him, thinks he sucks, he’s irrelevant, lol the new hip hop community is unreal. Yall will find anything and try to flip it back on him, priceless. Get em’ 50.
WHEN FIF GOT SHOT 9 TIMES & STABBED AT THE HIT FACTORY THAT N!GGA RAN TO THE POLICE AND STARTED SNITCHING ON ALL OF QUEENS AND THEN FIF HAD THE NERVE TO SAY HE DEFEATED THEM! HAHA LAME ASS NYC INFORMANT!!!
He didnt get shot at the hit factory dumbass and theres 0 proof or any evidence pointing to 50 snitching.
WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE THAT 50 SNITCHED AND DONT SAY THAT DOCUMENT THAT CAME FROM MURDER INC WHEN THEY GOT DESPERATE YOU KIDS LOVE TO HATE ON REAL NIGGAS
the are papers of it. it was on the net.
Co Sign man, get sick of all these little kids saying 50 snitched, then they say what this douchebag said. its on the net..well where? Ive never seen it.
DeNiro and Forest Whitaker… At least that’s a step up from Val Kilmer. Might be worth watching.
DX is sucking much 50 cents dick lately. How much money did you get for this????
The posted a story about him being in a movie, how is that sucking his dick?
even the haters love 50, look at them
Forbes list #5
Founded Street King Energy drink which funds one meal for every shot sold through the United Nations World Food program.
Founded SMS Audio. Which sells the FIRST over the ear WIRELESS headphones. Every pair of headphones sold provides 350 meals through the Feeding America food program.
Signed a 10 film deal with Lionsgate Films in conjunction with his Cheetah Vision film company which he founded.
Millions of albums sold.
3 HUGE mixtapes released in 2012 which has a video for each song on the tapes.
………….Shit..Haters gonna hate
Heard he got another big business deal coming soon too.
-he is a better actor than a rapper
-his films are not bad for “B movies”
-he took Ja Rules career down…The Game took G-Units career down…Kanye outsold him (he promised to retire) Rick Ross tok his spot as mainstream’s top rapper
-maybe acting is thbest option for him…best of luck