Warner Brothers has released this official viral video of Bow Wow talking about his role in the upcoming comedy Lottery Ticket. This is Bow Wow’s first movie lead in a while. Vid is part of the viral series that also included Ice Cube in character teaching you how to fight (see vid). Movie hits theaters August 20th.

Bow Wow talks to MTV about his upcoming comedy Lottery Ticket (see trailer) which also stars Ice Cube and T-Pain and is produced under Cube’s Cube Vision production company.

Those who saw the trailer back in April know Bow Wow can take a punch in the upcoming comedy Lottery Ticket also starring Ice Cube and T-Pain. Now we get a little more insider info. straight from Bow Wow about his character in the movie and what it was like filming with Cube and the rest of the gang. Movie comes out August 20th and is the first lead role for Bow Wow since Rebound.

Bow Wow x Lottery Ticket. We showed you the official movie poster to the Bow Wow comedy Lottery Ticket, now here are the first official pics compliments of our friends at Warner Brothers. More pics after the jump…

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Bow Wow x Ice Cube x T-Pain x Lottery Ticket. Here is the official movie poster to Lottery Ticket starring Bow Wow as a lucky lotto winner who must survive the weekend until he can cash in his lucky ticket. Bow Wow returns in his first major leading movie role since Roll Bounce while Ice Cube and T-Pain make cameo appearances. Check the trailer which looks part Friday part Barbershop….just like the movie poster. Check the comparison after the jump…

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In the new movie Lottery Ticket Bow Wow’s character wins $350 million but goes through the challenge of fighting off all the beggars in his neighborhood. The film has guest appearances from T-Pain, Ice Cube, and others. The film hits theaters on August 20.

Lil Wayne’s feature film debut has officially been downgraded to “Direct to DVD” status. Unfortunately Hurricane Season, which stars Forest Whitaker, Bow Wow and Wayne has officially reached the same status as the Ice Cube comedy Janky Promoters and is currently available at all Blockbuster Video stores as an exclusive. Check this scene from the movie where Wayne plays Lamont, a high school kid who sells stolen kicks to the basketball team and even bets against his own school.

Hurricane Season was actually a project that many Hollywood studios were excited about. It had a legit director (Tim Story from Barbershop and Fantastic Four), an Academy Award winner in Forest Whitaker and a hot young cast with Bow Wow and Wayne. Unfortunately the project was under the Weinstein Studio which faced financial troubles and shelved a handful of their films including this one.

Problem was, although the movie is solid and definitely deserves a major theatrical release, the subject matter was considered “been there and done that” since it was centered around post-Hurricane Katrina. The good out of all this? You get to watch a pretty solid movie and see Lil Wayne play a 17 year old all for $5 now. Go buy rent it now.

Young Jeezy x Janky Promoters. We were the first to break the news that the Weinsteins were pulling the plug on the completed Ice Cube and Mike Epps comedy Janky Promoters, and staying true to our reports, The Weinstein Company officially released the movie straight-to-DVD with no marketing, no media and no promotions last Tuesday. The movie was filmed over a year ago and starred Ice Cube, Friday franchise counterpart Mike Epps and a special musical performance by Young Jeezy (see video clip after jump) and originally was developed and set to be distributed by The Weinstein Company as part of their push for urban films.

At the time, the Weinstein Company also developed and was set to distribute Hurricane Season starring Bow Wow and Lil Wayne to give the studio a formidable 1-2-punch in the urban film genre. Unfortunately, as we previously reported, The Weinsteins ran into financial difficulty and were forced to shelve a majority of their 2009 slate because they wouldn’t be able to afford the distribution and marketing costs. Janky Promoters was then taken off the release schedule and Cube and his production company Cube Vision awaited a new release date from the Weinsteins.

As time went on and the 3rd quarter of 2009 rolled around, our insiders report that The Weinstein Company had to make the decision to completely cut certain films from their slate and sell off the rights or distribute straight-to-DVD. In the case of Janky Promoters, it was decided that with the star power of Ice Cube behind it and it being a comedy which generally rent well, that they would go straight-to-DVD and take their chances with it as a Blockbuster exclusive.

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