Though his negotiations are still ongoing, RZA is already very excited to be a part of "G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes."
MTV News caught up with the hip hop producer recently to chat with him about his part in the film, and he seemed extremely enthusiastic about the project. "It's a great offer, a great producer," RZA said. "I like John Chu, he's directing it. We had a fun time talking about the character. It's a very strong cast. I want to do that. I think it will be a lot of fun, and I love having fun."
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Wu-Tang's RZA has flirted with Hollywood for years, mostly on the soundtrack side of things though he's had a number of acting roles as well. Now he's going to star in a movie, one that he co-wrote with
--Terry Gilliam is getting back to his work on the man of La Mancha, Don Quixote. The filmmaker's seemingly cursed efforts at bringing the mad knight to the silver screen seem to have finally paid off, likely thanks to the goodwill his work on the soon-to-be-released "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" has fostered. Said Gilliam of "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote": "We're up and running again, we've rewritten the script and finally got it back, the budget's come in... and I think we've found our Quixote! But who's it going to be? Well, I'm not going to tell you, but it'll start next Spring." (
Article by Elena Torres with additional reporting by Larry Carroll
Here's how "Publishers Weekly" described Giovinazzi's "Life is Hot in Cracktown," a collection of short fiction all centering on crack addicts in the inner city: "Scatological and relentlessly sordid." In what may go down as the understatement of the year, here's how legendary rapper and former Wu-Tang Clan frontman RZA described the movie adaptation of the same name: "It's crazy!"
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