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Thread started 08/15/05 7:50pm

meltwithu

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get your tomatoes ready-- The Game to star in movie from the director of "Glitter"

he can't act (or rap, for that matter...)...the director is horrible....hmmm..just saying....(how did he get to do another movie anyway?)

Rapper The Game to Roll Dice in Urban Thriller

By Nicole Sperling, Reuters


Getty ImagesThe Game, a.k.a. Jayceon Taylor, will make his big screen debut in 'Waist Deep.'

More Coverage:
· The Game's Bio, Music

Talk About It: Messages

LOS ANGELES (August 12) - Compton rapper the Game will make his acting debut in the urban action thriller "Waist Deep," written and directed by Vondie Curtis Hall ("Glitter").

Tyrese Gibson ("Four Brothers") plays an ex-con, O2, who is trying to go straight for the sake of his young son Junior but is forced to go back outside the law when Junior is kidnapped in a carjacking. The Game will play a vicious criminal leader.

Meagan Good ("The Cookout") will play a street-smart hustler, and Larenz Tate ("Crash") will be featured as O2's shady cousin.

The Game, a.k.a. Jayceon Taylor, debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts in January with his major-label debut album "The Documentary." It has sold 2.2 million copies to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

"Waist Deep," in production in Los Angeles, is from Rogue Pictures, the nascent genre arm of Focus Features, the arthouse wing of Universal Pictures.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter


08/12/05 06:03 ET
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Reply #1 posted 08/15/05 7:53pm

Anxiety

i never thought i'd say this, but the game and 50 cent really make me appreciate the subtle, nuanced theatrical careers of ice cube and queen latifah.
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Reply #2 posted 08/15/05 10:42pm

GangstaFam

He's rap's MVP. After like 2 fucking songs. rolleyes
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Reply #3 posted 08/15/05 11:32pm

whodknee

This director is asking for trouble. That and a new line of work. smile
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Reply #4 posted 08/15/05 11:40pm

missfee

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whodknee said:

This director is asking for trouble. That and a new line of work. smile

wacky gosh that guy Vondie Curtis-Hall a.k.a. the african guy at the bathroom in "Coming to America" is the worst director ever anyway. I've seen most of his stuff and it's okay, but i laughed at most of the movies and i don't think they were suppose to be comedies....

funny how if the Game and 50 cent hate each other so much that they do the EXACT same things each one does. Probably more so the Game coping 50 cent, doesn't matter its all garbage to me.

I mean look at the role, do you really think that role is challenging enough for The Game to play?

Next thing you know they will both be competing with how many awards one has won, how many cars one has, how many houses one owns, how many movies one has played, how many albums they can put out in a year, to how many children one can have...

They are pathetic.
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Reply #5 posted 08/15/05 11:48pm

CinisterCee

GangstaFam said:

He's rap's MVP. After like 2 fucking songs. rolleyes


I think he said he was rap's MVP on his debut single lol
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Reply #6 posted 08/15/05 11:49pm

GangstaFam

CinisterCee said:

I think he said he was rap's MVP on his debut single lol

You'd think you'd have to earn that title. rolleyes
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Reply #7 posted 08/15/05 11:51pm

Anxiety

GangstaFam said:

CinisterCee said:

I think he said he was rap's MVP on his debut single lol

You'd think you'd have to earn that title. rolleyes


actually, i think it's being auctioned off on eBay right now. nod
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Reply #8 posted 08/15/05 11:56pm

GangstaFam

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actually, i think it's being auctioned off on eBay right now. nod

Lemme guess: Buy It Now: $0.50
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Reply #9 posted 08/15/05 11:56pm

BlaqueKnight

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GangstaFam said:

He's rap's MVP. After like 2 fucking songs. rolleyes



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Reply #10 posted 08/16/05 1:22am

avatarfunk

bored rolleyes

not this shit again.

i see this everyday on channel 2 action news.
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Reply #11 posted 08/16/05 1:39am

Hotlegs

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Reply #12 posted 08/16/05 1:46am

avatarfunk

Hotlegs said:

machinegun


what's up ,Hotlegs? hug
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Reply #13 posted 08/16/05 1:54am

Hotlegs

avatarfunk said:

Hotlegs said:

machinegun


what's up ,Hotlegs? hug

Legs is good to go. Hey What's Up With You? hug
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Reply #14 posted 08/16/05 1:57am

avatarfunk

just livin' the daily.keeping my nose clean staying out of trouble.good to see you here to keep it all in check thumbs up!
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Reply #15 posted 08/16/05 1:59am

lilgish

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The attendance rates for black students at acting schools just plummeted.
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Reply #16 posted 08/16/05 4:04am

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meltwithu said:

he can't act (or rap, for that matter...)...the director is horrible....hmmm..just saying....(how did he get to do another movie anyway?)

Rapper The Game to Roll Dice in Urban Thriller

By Nicole Sperling, Reuters


Getty ImagesThe Game, a.k.a. Jayceon Taylor, will make his big screen debut in 'Waist Deep.'

More Coverage:
· The Game's Bio, Music

Talk About It: Messages

LOS ANGELES (August 12) - Compton rapper the Game will make his acting debut in the urban action thriller "Waist Deep," written and directed by Vondie Curtis Hall ("Glitter").

Tyrese Gibson ("Four Brothers") plays an ex-con, O2, who is trying to go straight for the sake of his young son Junior but is forced to go back outside the law when Junior is kidnapped in a carjacking. The Game will play a vicious criminal leader.

Meagan Good ("The Cookout") will play a street-smart hustler, and Larenz Tate ("Crash") will be featured as O2's shady cousin.

The Game, a.k.a. Jayceon Taylor, debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts in January with his major-label debut album "The Documentary." It has sold 2.2 million copies to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

"Waist Deep," in production in Los Angeles, is from Rogue Pictures, the nascent genre arm of Focus Features, the arthouse wing of Universal Pictures.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter


08/12/05 06:03 ET


As good as his album was I cant believe his album did less than 50 Cents rubbish disbelief
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Reply #17 posted 08/16/05 4:14am

Anxiety

i think it's important to keep talented young unknown actors struggling and out of decent work, because we really don't have enough stilted, untrained, mumbling non-actors littering up our overpriced cinemas these days as it is.
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Reply #18 posted 08/16/05 6:34am

meltwithu

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hmmmm..this reminds me of a good film...
you look better on your facebook page than you do in person hmph!
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Reply #19 posted 08/16/05 7:09am

DavidEye

Here we go again.Another rapper sells a few million copies of his debut album,and suddenly he's a "movie star" too.There was a time when people actually had to work their way up the ladder.Prince didn't make his first movie until he was five albums into his career.Nowadays,you only need one hit song before Hollywood comes calling.Samuel Jackson was right.
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Reply #20 posted 08/16/05 10:54am

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DavidEye said:

Here we go again.Another rapper sells a few million copies of his debut album,and suddenly he's a "movie star" too.There was a time when people actually had to work their way up the ladder.Prince didn't make his first movie until he was five albums into his career.Nowadays,you only need one hit song before Hollywood comes calling.Samuel Jackson was right.

damn right he was...
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Reply #21 posted 08/16/05 11:35am

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why do all these crappy ass rappers think they can act?? Ludacris is a horrible actor( 2 fast 2 furious , Crash feeling ill disbelief disbelief ) Tyrese (far from being a rapper) is disgracefully unpolished and now the Game. just coz they come in a video they think they can star in a movie disbelief disbelief disbelief
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Reply #22 posted 08/16/05 11:44am

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i'll be seeing it! but only cuz megan goode and larenz tate are in it.

and mr bootlegger gon hook me up!
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Reply #23 posted 08/16/05 3:02pm

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why the hell does Vondi Curtis keep getting work yet his wife cant get anything greenlighted?

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Reply #24 posted 08/16/05 3:05pm

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hey, just discovered that Kasi Lemmons' wrote a new film that will be released feb or march of next year called "Something New"..its about a black successful woman who finds love with a white man....


lets hope its a hit so Kasi can make her own film next.
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