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50 Cent’s subsequent Hollywood endeavor will pair him again up with Eminem. He confirms a tv adaption of 8 Mile is on the best way.
As noticed on Deadline the Queens, New York native is penning a love letter to the 90’s Detroit Rap scene for his subsequent on display manufacturing. Throughout his final go to to Large Boy TV he revealed that he’s bringing Slim’s come as much as a scripted sequence format. “I’m going [to] convey his 8 Mile to tv. We’re in movement,” he defined. “It’s going to be massive. I ain’t received no duds. I’m batting 100, I’m batting 100.” Fif went on to offer additional context on his reasoning why the tradition wants this model. “I believe it ought to be there for his legacy as a result of it’s vital to me that they perceive it.”
The unique 2002 movie accommodates autobiographical components from Eminem’s life, follows white rapper Jimmy Smith Jr. aka B-Rabbit (Eminem) and his try and launch a profession in Hip-Hop. The title is derived from 8 Mile Highway, the freeway between the predominantly African-American metropolis of Detroit and the largely white suburban communities to the north that Eminem initially lived in.
The movie garnered quite a few award nominations and wins, together with an Academy Award for Greatest Authentic Music for “Lose Your self” win for Eminem, Luis Resto and Jeff Bass on the seventy fifth Academy Awards. 8 Mile was named top-of-the-line movies of 2002 by a number of publications. 8 Mile opened with $51,240,555 in its opening weekend. The soundtrack additionally debuted at primary on the Billboard 200 with over 702,000 copies bought within the 1st week and 510,000 copies bought within the 2nd week additionally ending the 12 months because the fifth best-selling album of 2002 with US gross sales of over 3.4 million.
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