50 Cent to star in The Predator? Whilst talking to DJ Enuff’ on satellite radio Sirius XM’s Shade 45, Curtis James Jackson – better known as the rapper 50 Cent – said that he would be in Shane Black and Fred Dekker’s new Predator film, The Predator:
“I’ll be doing some new feature films and stuff like that too. I’ll do Predator.”
The comment is made at around the 30 minute mark and isn’t elaborated any further on. We don’t know if 50 Cent was joking or not – or possibly even stating his desire to be included in the project – as he quickly laughs it off and moves on.
50 Cent to star in The Predator?
Whilst being better known as the rapper 50 Cent, Curtis Jackson has acted in quite a few projects including Escape Plan where he starred alongside Sylvester Stallone and Predator’s very own Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Until we receive any further confirmation or clarification on the comments, please take this one with a grain of salt! Thanks to biggymac for the news.
Update 07/04/2016 – In another interview with 99 Jamz UnCensored from about a week ago, Curtis Jackson unequivocally states he maybe involved with The Predator: “I’m working on some new projects. You heard of the movie Predator? I might be a part of that project this summer.” You can hear this at the around the 3 minute mark. Thanks to Mike for the tip.
Update 13/04/21016 – Fred Dekker confirmed via Facebook that 50 Cent had at least met with Shane Black: “He and the director have met. That’s all I know.”
They met randomly in the queue at Burger King.
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goodok at acting. After the initial shock I did back off of it but I mean really, he should have kept his mouth shut until a few other actors names were made public. Where he could blend into the crowd a bit. Never the less he needs to bring a better game face in this movie. The shit in escape plan isn't going to cut it regardless of our opinions.Yea but they're all actors, sort of... hell that movie has two former Governors and a small town mayor and the current director of the next predator movie. Bill Duke and Carl Weathers are both legitimate actors. Peter Hall was awesome in the suit. Chaves was stalked by a Predator in real life!
Except maybe Terminator where his stiffness fit into the character.
The last Person i expected them to even consider for a role in this movie was 50 Cent, but let's just wait and see how things turn out.
Much more intersting to me is the fact that they really started to approach People and i can't wait for some confirmed casting and story Details.
That was pretty much my point. I never said he was great, just that I think it's unfair that people are dismissing his as something that will completely ruin the movie by his mere presence.
I suppose he did actually play a decent dork.
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Yeah I've endured him in Escape Plan and also Righteous Kill
I like the first one.
Zoolander 2 is one of the worst movies I've ever seen, though.
That's not my point. I actually thought the film was just OK.
My point is people keep slagging off ol' Fiddy's acting as shite when his performance really wasn't half bad in that film. OK, he was no Daniel Day-Lewis, but he certainly wasn't appalling, which makes stuff like "he could play a dead body and still ruin the movie" grossly unfair.
And trust me, I never thought I'd be defending 50 Cent.
Have you actually seen him in Escape Plan?
That... potentially, and also maybe regrettably true.
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Arnold's acting skill were low in Predator too.
and the predator presses a button with some nitrogen thats sprays on his side and then his arm and the side of his body freezes and the predator smashes it off.
Obviously 50 Cent isn't a great actor but if utilized correctly he could be more than effective. Especially if Shane goes with a few huge ripped "macho" dudes with no shirts or whatever because 50 Cent when in his best shape is a f**king MONSTER. Also his acting skills have really improved since his first film and he has his own Tv series in the show Power which is his creation and under his direction.
oh and to say he is an idiot who only gets hired for junk B movies is totally untrue. he has been in movies along side Robert Deniro more than once and Deniro loves working with him. Actually he was in one film alongside Deniro and Al Pacino. Not small roles either. Main roles. As far as him being an idiot? The dude is very business savvy and if you listen to that side of him he is actually very intelligent. He has many business ventures outside of the entertainment industry. Including his own Vodka Brand in Effen Vodka. His own line of headphones and audio devices in SMS Audio. He actually made headlines 8 or so years ago when Vitamin Water sold out to Coca Cola which put a reported 400 million in his wallet because he was smart enough early on to see that Vitamin Water was going to be huge. when coca cola bought them out he owned 10% of their stock actually and even helped market early on by doing a few of their commercials along side other celebs. he did for a short time start his own boxing team with him being the owner along with his at the time best friend Floyd Mayweather Jr. butthey had amajor fallout which cost 50 millions so he backed out and that ended quickly. they did have around 10 fighters and Mayweather was actually one of them until they ended it. As matter of fact hes been so successful in all his ventures that he left interscope records and created his own independent lable because he no longer saw eye to eye with Jimmy L. at Interscope and could actually afford to do so. My point is without trying to sound like a dickhead..........but maybe you are just assuming hes an idiot because of how you view the majority of rappers and not basing it on his entire body of work and accomplishments outside of music.
Even though I am a fan of his I do not think he is some great actor by and means but he has been pretty good in a few roles. oh and the dude is a f**king comic genius. seriously. he is funny as piss. maybe he can add a little comic relief.
sorry tried to type all of this very quickly using my Chatpad on my Xbox One controller so sorry for grammar. and again I meant no offense. love everyone in this community. ive been mostly a lurker for many many years now and check it daily
I don't like the idea either but... you know... I just want this to be good. If he's in the movie, well... I'd mark that as a con but as long as the story and concepts match up to my ideal vision of the Predator, I'd be willing to overlook it.
If he's in this... he should have never let it slip.
No matter how you turn it, if he will be in it, it doesnt get my hopes up, and this will probably be a waste straight from the getgo.
Lots of good black actors around, but casting 50 cent.......COME ONNNNNNN!!!!!!!!
And Black and Decker...really..
Actually I think the term reboot is wrong. I mean when you reboot a computer you don't toss out anything that is saved. You're just continuing with a cleared canvas. Reinvigoration is an end goal.
Really what JW should be called is milking a cash cow. Once again it is intent, if The Predator is intended to relaunch the Predator property, then I would call it an attempt at rebooting. Restarting if you will. From the perspective that there hasn't been much going on lately.
So if The Predator was a remake of Predator, it'd be a similar (if not the same) story as the 1987 film
If it were a reboot, it'd do what Godzilla 2014 did, ignore the previous stuff and start its own story.
But Black and Dekker have stated that the Predator franchise has some rich lore to explore, so this will be a sequel since it will explore what's already established rather than re-doing a story that was done or telling one with new lore from scratch.
Hmm... you are right, the word "reboot" seems to be the craze these days. I didn't know about the definition change.
Here's what I found from a quick google search.
Remake: a film or piece of music that has been filmed or recorded again.
"a remake of the classic horror tale, 'Frankenstein'"
Reboot: "In serial fiction, to reboot means to discard all continuity in an established series in order to recreate its characters, timeline and backstory from the beginning."
What!? WHERE!?