WoooHa.com drops another exclusive. For those who remember, 50 Cent announced the launch of his new film production company Cheetah Vision at last year’s Sundance Film Festival. Although 50 is promoting Cheetah Vision at this years event (video below) it’s not really new news. What is new are the projects that 50 has “acquired” in the meantime. In recent interviews, 50 reveals Cheetah Vision has acquired the script to produce Nick Cage’s boxing movie The Dance.
Thing is, that script has been around since August of 2006 when Cage and 50 were both attached to star in the movie and it was going to be produced by Violator Management AND G-Unit Films. That’s right…this movie was always a G-Unit Films collab from the beginning with Violator co-producing. In fact Chris Lighty and Mona Scott were producers. Ummmm…so what happened to G-Unit Films you ask?
G-Unit Films was a collaboration between 50, Interscope and Violator Management. Whatever profits 50 earned under the G-Unit Films banner would be chopped and screwed with all parties leaving 50 with less control and less money. Under the agreement even Buck, Yayo and Banks got a cut. The company also lacked any industry insiders who really knew how to produce and launch a movie which is one of the main reasons the film banner failed to successfully launch any projects. When G-Unit Films folded, so did all the rights to their scripts, including The Dance. And so….enter the days of Cheetah Vision and Randall Emmett.
By shutting down G-Unit Films, 50 was able to sever his film producing contract ties and start anew. This would free him up to pick his own projects and make more money as a true independent producer under his new Cheetah Vision banner. Curtis met movie producer Randall Emmett while filming Righteous Kill. Emmett brings a legit presence to 50′s new production house as he has produced films such as 16 Blocks and Street Kings. And what was one of the first goals of Cheetah Vision? To buy back the rights to The Dance. And that’s the truth.
So basically 50 bought back the script he originally owned from the G-Unit Films days. But by forming Cheetah Vision he was able to cut out all the others on the G-Unit Films payroll and instead, he and Emmett will profit directly. I have to admit I’m not a big 50 fan anymore but you have to give him props for the moves he is making in the film industry and handling his business. No more hand outs! So the real reason Curtis launched Cheetah Vision? To make more money! Hope G-Unit, or what is left of them, don’t have any ill feelings.
He has the smarts but I'm still not feeling the name.
That Curtis is a tricky one. Thanks for the heads up on this it's a great story. I notice you been dropping more exclusives and digging up the dirt on some of these deals, it's a good look. Keeps me coming back.
What do Yayo and Buck do now then? G-Unit is basically dead.
why dont you like 50 anymore?
yeah but 50 does got the business smarts, he cut all the middle men,
i guess he's tired of people bittin the hand that fed them
i agree the name he choose for the company could of been better,
I guess I should rephrase – I think 50 as a business man is actually pretty savvy and should get more credit than he deserves. What I don't like about him…lately…is his music. I followed him from the “How to Rob” days…first two albums were good but after that I just feel he went a little too pop and lost that edge.
Just my opinion is all.
50 fell off cuz he started hanging with Paris and Lindsay, he is no more street than the next “Hollywood” thug
I don’t care what nobody thinks about my baby curtis, i love him and everything about him, and for all you haters go jump off the belle isle bridge. (that’s in Detroit, Mi). I would do anything to meet 50 i already told my boyfriend of four years that if 50 ask me to be with him, it’s a wrap!!!
say what you will but 50's business game is crazy. His interviews where he discuss his business ethic are more entertaining than a lot of the crap being shoved at us called music. Hell its even better than his own music.
I'm still waiting for the relaunch of G-Unit clothing but by the way things are going…it will probably be called 50 Clothing or something to cut them out again.
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