The infamous
rapper Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson is set to conquer the UK movie scene
as he reportedly joined the cast of ‘Dead Man Running’, an upcoming
London Gangland movie by Alex de Rakoff.  

The film which
started shooting in London on Nov 19th tells the story of
an ex-con trying to go straight who is given 24 hours to raise $150
000 to pay off ‘50 Cent’, a ruthless loan shark or he becomes a
‘dead man running’. The movie is filmed through the hoods of East
London to the underground drug scenes of rural Manchester. The cast
crew is joined by UK actors Danny Dyer (‘Adulthood’), Brenda Blethyn
(‘Secrets and Lies’), Tamer Hassan (‘Layer Cake’) and Monet
Mazur (‘Stoned’).  

Manchester
United’s, Rio Ferdinand and Ashley Cole from Chelsea FC, UK soccer
players serve as executive producers in the project.