50 Cent Forms Independent Film Production Company
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While attending the Sundance Film Festival this weekend, 50 Cent announced that he's founded a new production company. The word of this new venture overshadowed 50's co-starring role, alongside Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino. 50 plays a nightclub owner in Righteous Kill.
MTV: You just had a standing-room-only press conference here at Sundance. Give us a summary of what you were announcing.50 Cent: I was talking about my new production company. Me and [producer] Randy Emmett — we worked together on "Home of the Brave" and "Righteous Kill" I've had a chance to be a part of some great projects with him, and I've watched him work. He's knowledgeable in that field, so I thought it would be smart for me to partner up with him to create my [currently unnamed] production company.
MTV: For the average person who might not understand Hollywood workings, what does it mean for an actor to get his own company?50 Cent: It means I'll have creative control of some of the projects I commit to, and I can choose things to develop.
MTV: Does this production-company announcement mean you're putting music on the back burner?50 Cent: No. My passion for music hasn't changed. I'll have plenty of time to create the music I'm conditioned for while moving around. I created the entire soundtrack for "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " while I was on set. And it was the best-selling movie soundtrack of that year. We sold 3 million copies of it.
MTV: Will you be on the soundtrack for "Righteous Kill"?50 Cent: I've already created music for the film. You'll hear some things shortly, and there'll be a single off it.
MTV: What's that called?50 Cent: "Get Low."
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MTV: You just had a standing-room-only press conference here at Sundance. Give us a summary of what you were announcing.50 Cent: I was talking about my new production company. Me and [producer] Randy Emmett — we worked together on "Home of the Brave" and "Righteous Kill" I've had a chance to be a part of some great projects with him, and I've watched him work. He's knowledgeable in that field, so I thought it would be smart for me to partner up with him to create my [currently unnamed] production company.
MTV: For the average person who might not understand Hollywood workings, what does it mean for an actor to get his own company?50 Cent: It means I'll have creative control of some of the projects I commit to, and I can choose things to develop.
MTV: Does this production-company announcement mean you're putting music on the back burner?50 Cent: No. My passion for music hasn't changed. I'll have plenty of time to create the music I'm conditioned for while moving around. I created the entire soundtrack for "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " while I was on set. And it was the best-selling movie soundtrack of that year. We sold 3 million copies of it.
MTV: Will you be on the soundtrack for "Righteous Kill"?50 Cent: I've already created music for the film. You'll hear some things shortly, and there'll be a single off it.
MTV: What's that called?50 Cent: "Get Low."
"MTV News":http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1579978/20080121/story.jhtml?rsspartner=rssFeedBurner
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