Whats that time? Time for another edition of the Hollywood Shuffle! Today weve got the word on Will Smith walking like an Egyptian, Mariah taking another run at the big screen, David Banner getting gangster with some other familiar faces, Tyra in fear of a stalker and The A-Team making it to the big screen! Will Smith as Egyptian Pharaoh With the success of virtually every movie he stars in, Will Smith can pretty much take any movie role he wants. His production company Overbrook Entertainment is particularly excited about the upcoming film project entitled The Last Pharaoh. The script is still being polished up, but the movie centers around Taharqa, who was king of Egypt from 690 BC to 664 BC, and the battle between the Ethiopians and Assyrians for the throne of Amun-Ra. Can Will pull off acting as an Egyptian Pharaoh? If there is anyone who can do it, it’s him. David Banner, Slim Thug, Kurupt, Rick Ross in gang movie Days of Wrath David Banner, Slim Thug, Rick Ross and Kurupt will all be starring in an upcoming Los Angeles gang war movie entitled Days of Wrath. The movie also features Wilmer Valderrama, Taye Diggs and Laurence Fishburne, and revolves around a gang war between a Latino and Black gang in Los Angeles. Valderrama plays Daniel a.k.a. Danny Boy, a thug who sets off the gang war after stealing a rapper’s car and accidentally killing the mother of his own Latino gang’s kingpin. No word yet on when the film will be released, but you can view the trailer here. Mariah Careys new movie Tennessee Since Mariah has re-established her music career, she is hoping to do the same with her film career and put behind the movie disaster Glitter. In her new movie Tennessee Mariah plays a waitress named Krystal. As two brothers embark on a journey from New Mexico to find their estranged father, along the way they meet Krystal, the waitress and aspiring country singer, who becomes the brothers’ guardian angel and joins them on their fateful road trip. Surprisingly, Damon Dash serves as one of the executive producers. Tyras new stalker Oh, Tyra. You would think with her crazy behavior that fans would be afraid of her, but it turns out she is the one living in fear
of a 37-year-old stalker who’s been terrorizing her for months. The stalker has hounded Tyra with very creepy things such as letters and flowers since January. While the stalker has been arrested, a judge recently released him. Tyra should hire Bow Wows body guard. First day on set of Biggie biopic Notorious The Biggy biopic Notorious has gone into full production and is currently filming in the Brookly Crown Heights section. Wayne Barrow, producer of the film and former manager of Biggy talks in his blog about his first day filming on set… “…Friday was our 1st day of shooting and it was quite an experience. I dont really think us making a movie has really hit me yet but what was surreal for me, was seeing Malik (the actor portraying me and doing it well!!) playing my character, taking me back to moments in my life that are special to me, which will now be shared with the world at large. We have a lot of long days ahead of us and Im excited about what the few months will bring…” J-Lo and hubby go on spending spree So Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony received $6 million for their baby photos from People magazine. Thats amazing. Im surprised more celebs arent having babies just to make more money. And apparently Marc enjoys diamonds more than the average woman. He recently picked out an 8-carat, $300,000 diamond ring from famed jeweler Michael Bondanza. J-Lo added to the shopping spree by hiring a baby boutique to reconstruct a $30,000 nursery for their mansion in Puerto Rico. A-Team movie coming in 2009 20th Century Fox has now confirmed that John Singleton will be directing an upcoming A-Team move and is scheduled for a June 12, 2009. Ice Cube has gone on record numerous times stating that he would love to play BA Baracus, but Singleton has insisted that there is no official casting yet, and that all alternatives will be exhausted in making future cast decisions. We will keep you updated on this one! Should be interesting to see how Singleton turns the former hit TV show into a movie. Scott Yeti is Content Editor of WoooHah.com, the latest in Hollywoods Hip-Hop trends, style and more
Whats that time? Time for another edition of the Hollywood Shuffle!
Today
weve got the word on Will Smith walking like an Egyptian, Mariah taking
another run at the big screen, David Banner getting gangster with some other
familiar faces, Tyra in fear of a stalker and The A-Team making it to the big screen!
Will Smith as Egyptian Pharaoh
With the
success of virtually every movie he stars in, Will Smith can pretty much take
any movie role he wants. His production company Overbrook Entertainment is
particularly excited about the upcoming film project entitled The Last Pharaoh.
The script
is still being polished up, but the movie centers around Taharqa, who was king
of Egypt from 690 BC to 664 BC, and the battle between the Ethiopians and
Assyrians for the throne of Amun-Ra. Can Will pull off acting as an Egyptian
Pharaoh? If there is anyone who can do it, it’s him.
David Banner, Slim Thug, Kurupt, Rick Ross in
gang movie Days of Wrath
David
Banner, Slim Thug, Rick Ross and Kurupt will all be starring in an upcoming Los
Angeles gang war movie entitled Days of
Wrath. The movie also features Wilmer Valderrama, Taye Diggs and Laurence
Fishburne, and revolves around a gang war between a Latino and Black gang in Los
Angeles.
Valderrama
plays Daniel a.k.a. Danny Boy, a thug who sets off the gang war after stealing a rapper’s car
and accidentally killing the mother of his own Latino gang’s kingpin. No word
yet on when the film will be released, but you can view the trailer here.
Mariah Careys new movie Tennessee
Since Mariah
has re-established her music career, she is hoping to do the same with her film
career and put behind the movie disaster
Glitter. In her new movie Tennessee
Mariah plays a waitress named Krystal.
As two
brothers embark on a journey from New Mexico to find their estranged father,
along the way they meet Krystal, the waitress and aspiring country singer, who
becomes the brothers’ guardian angel and joins them on their fateful road trip.
Surprisingly, Damon Dash serves as one of the executive producers.
Tyras new stalker
Oh, Tyra.
You would think with her crazy behavior that fans would be afraid of her, but
it turns out she is the one living in fear
of a 37-year-old stalker who’s been
terrorizing her for months. The stalker has hounded Tyra with very creepy things such as letters and flowers
since January. While the stalker has been arrested, a judge recently released
him. Tyra should hire Bow Wows body guard.
First day on set of Biggie biopic Notorious
The Biggy
biopic Notorious has gone into full production and is currently filming in the
Brookly Crown Heights section. Wayne Barrow, producer of the film and former
manager of Biggy talks in his blog about his
first day filming on set…
“…Friday
was our 1st day of shooting and it was quite an experience. I dont really
think us making a movie has really hit me yet but what was surreal for me, was
seeing Malik (the actor portraying me and doing it well!!) playing my
character, taking me back to moments in my life that are special to me, which
will now be shared with the world at large. We have a lot of long days ahead of
us and Im excited about what the few months will bring…”
J-Lo and hubby go on spending spree
So Jennifer
Lopez and Marc Anthony received $6 million for their baby photos from People magazine. Thats
amazing. Im surprised more celebs arent having babies just to make more
money. And apparently Marc enjoys diamonds more than the average woman.
He recently
picked out an 8-carat, $300,000 diamond ring from famed jeweler Michael
Bondanza. J-Lo added to the shopping spree by hiring a baby boutique to
reconstruct a $30,000 nursery for their mansion in Puerto
Rico.
A-Team movie coming in 2009
20th
Century Fox has now confirmed that John Singleton will be directing an upcoming
A-Team move and is
scheduled for a June 12, 2009. Ice Cube has gone on record numerous times
stating that he would love to play BA Baracus, but Singleton has insisted that
there is no official casting yet, and that all alternatives will be exhausted
in making future cast decisions.
We will keep
you updated on this one! Should be interesting to see how Singleton turns the
former hit TV show into a movie.
Scott Yeti is Content Editor of WoooHah.com,
the latest in Hollywoods Hip-Hop trends, style and more
