Thursday, June 5, 2008

Screen Gems, T.I. ink 'Deep' deal

Alot of people tried to count T.I. out due to his legal situation but he is showing us all that you can overcome any challenge you are faced with!! Get that money my dude!!

Screen Gems has made a three-picture deal with T.I. that will launch with the
crime drama "Bone Deep," in which the hip-hop star will join Matt Dillon and
Idris Elba.
The move amounts to a long-term investment in the rapper, who
faces a yearlong prison stretch for weapons possession that begins next spring.
The second Screen Gems film will be "Boulevard," a drama in development in which
T.I. will star; the third picture will be determined later.

Past acting
credits for T.I., whose real name is Tip Harris, include "American Gangster" and
"ATL."

The movie work will be scheduled around the legal complications
faced by Harris, who has also cut a deal to topline a six-episode MTV reality
show that will chronicle the 1,000 hours of community service he'll perform
before heading off to serve his sentence.

"Bone Deep" concerns a group
of bank robbers who pull off a daring highrise heist and are dragged into one
last job by a freshly paroled cohort. Pic will be helmed by John Luessenhop
("Lock Down"), who co-wrote the script with Gabriel Casseus, Avery Duff and
Peter Allen. T.I. and his Grand Hustle Entertainment partner Jason Geter have
joined Will Packer as producers.


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