Variety is confirming that Rapper-turned-actor Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson will film Things Fall Apart for five weeks in May in Michigan with Mario Van Peebles directing from a script by Jackson and Brian Miller.
“The film centers around a star football running back, played by Jackson, who faces a personal tragedy as well as his own mortality while in his senior year in college.”
Last week, 50 Cent shot a trailer for the movie at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI (the working title for the trailer was Love Me, Love Me Not).
Jackson is currently preparing for a two-month international tour that starts Tuesday in Berlin in support of his latest album, “Before I Self Destruct.” He told Daily Variety he’s attracted to the film biz because it offers a far bigger canvas for storytelling than music. “You have 90 minutes and 120 pages, compared with three minutes for a song,” he noted. “I’ve become very passionate about making films.”
And, apparently, he’s even more passionate about making those films in Michigan.
