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EXCLUSIVE: Xzibit & Nic Cage movie “Bad Lieutenant” going straight-to-DVD

Yeti — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:39:54 +0000

Xzibit x Bad Lieutenant. WoooHa has exclusively learned that the action crime drama The Bad Lieutenant co-starring Nicolas Cage and Xzibit will have such a short theatrical run in theaters that it technically could be labeled as the dreaded straight-to-DVD. We have been covering this film for some time now and were excited that Xzibit was taking on one of his largest roles yet.

Unfortunately the November 20th release date is just a legal formality as the movie will only be shown in a handful of theaters in a couple of cities to make way for a February 23, 2010 DVD and Blu-Ray release. Industry site Blu-ray.com confirms our findings. Although the news is a bit disheartening and reminds us of the 50 Cent straight-to-DVD film Streets of Blood, we still plan on seeing this flick in the theaters just for the plain bad-assness.

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Exclusive pics of Xzibit in movie “The Bad Lieutenant”

Yeti — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:40:23 +0000

Xzibit x The Bad Lieutenant. Millennium Films gives us these exclusive pics of Xzibit playing drug dealer Big Fate teaming up with a corrupt cop played by Nicolas Cage. Movie hits theaters November 20th. Check the official trailer here. More pics after the jump…

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VIDEO: Xzibit & Nic Cage movie clip from “Bad Lieutenant”

Yeti — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:41:19 +0000

Xzibit x Bad Lieutenant. Xzibit expands his acting horizons by taking a major role in the upcoming movie Bad Lieutenant with Nicolas Cage (view trailer). Check this movie clip of the two sharing a nice moment while dumping a dead body. Movie hits theaters November 20th.

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PICS: Official photos of Xzibit on “Extreme Makeover Home Edition”

Yeti — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:21:27 +0000

Xzibit x Extreme Makeover Home Edition. Here are some official pics of Xzibit as he is the guest celebrity host for this Sunday’s episode of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” More pics from the episode after the jump…

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New trailer to “The Bad Lieutenant” with Nic Cage & Xzibit

Yeti — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:41:35 +0000

Xzibit x The Bad Lieutenant. The unofficial trailer came out back in May but now here is the real deal. In the movie Nicolas Cage plays a corrupt cop in New Orleans who teams up with a drug dealer (Xzibit) to score coke, chicks, guns and of course money. One of the few Nicolas Cage movies we are excited for and it’s good to see Xzibit getting a major co-starring role.

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Xzibit hosting ABC’s “Extreme Home Makeover”

Yeti — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:40:31 +0000

Xzibit x Extreme Home Makeover. X to the Z goes from hosting shows like MTV’s “Pimp My Ride” to hitting the mainstream as he will be hosting this Sunday’s episode of “Extreme Home Makeover.”

“It’s a whole different presentation. It’s a whole different seriousness, when you go about building a house in seven days. This is somewhere where people have to spend their lives at. So it’s a lot different than putting a chandelier or somethin’ in a car…it’s different programming, it’s a different network, it’s a different feel all the way around.“

So you mean putting a chandelier or a fish tanks or whatever other insane things they put in cars was not a good idea? We still want to see the show “Pimp My Ride: A Year Later” to see what happened to all those cars with the crazy stuff in them. X goes on to talk about expanding his fan base and awareness with TV….

“The demographic that watches Extreme Home Makeover is definitely different from the medium that I was at with MTV and Pimp My Ride. It was good, man, ’cause I actually got to do something good for somebody else. It was out of generosity. It’s something that’s definitely gonna affect these peoples’ lives for a long time.“

Make sure to catch the episode this Sunday 8pm on ABC. Via: HipHopDx

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VIDEO: Trailer to “Bad Lieutenant” starring Xzibit & Nicholas Cage

Yeti — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:00:40 +0000

Xzibit x Bad Lieutenant. UPDATE: The trailer is now back up. Hot off the presses here is the brand new movie trailer to Xzibit’s (ahem Alvin Joiner here in Hollywood) latest movie where he co-stars with Nicholas Cage. Movie is remake of the Harvey Keitel film with Cage playing the lead role as a corrupt, drug loving cop who must find a killer (Xzibit) but in the process ends up doing buisness with him. Movie looks refreshingly badass.

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Xzibit wants to take acting career to next level

Yeti — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:40:47 +0000

Insert Hip-Hop Artist Name Here wants to take acting career to next level. Yes I’m not posting the same story over and over. These days seems like artists are shifting focus where the money is…from the music to the movies. Bow Wow went public saying he wants to focus on movies and even Busta Rhymes wants to start a TV career.

Well Xzibit is already on his way from transitioning from artist to actor with a whole range of films under his belt including the recently released American Violet (trailer and pics here) which opened this past weekend. In a recent interview though with Euroweb, X to the Z talks about taking his acting the next level:

‚ÄúI don‚Äôt want to play stereotypical parts. I mean they hand those out every hour on the hour. If I plan to make more important movies as I go along, then the choices I make now are very important…certain roles that come around are just not attractive. It‚Äôs not about the money. It‚Äôs not about me thinking I need to be in a big budget film. I don‚Äôt think I‚Äôm prepared to carry a movie by myself right now, but I want to work to get to that point. But the fact of me knowing that is going to save me a lot of headaches and the audience a lot of bad movies … so you won‚Äôt see me on ‚ÄòSoul Plane 6.‚Äô‚Äù

As somone in both the film and music industry it is nice to see that Xzibit realizes he is not ready to carry a movie by himself. Most of these rappers (ahem Diddy) think they can just come to Hollywood and win an Oscar and be a big-budget action star overnight.

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Trailer & pics of Xzibit in new film “American Violet”

Yeti — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:43:34 +0000

Most Hollywood agents will tell a client that the best way to gain legtimacy as a real actor with directors and producers is to go the indie film circuit. Although Xzibit already has a couple of films on his resume, he recently took a role in the powerful and moving film American Violet to prove he’s in it for the long haul.

The movie is currently making its way through the indie film festival circuit but currently does not have a distributor so no release date is set. Check out the trailer, first pics of Xzibit from the film and synopsis below. Props to ProHipHop for the info.

Official synopsis as follows:

“Based on real events and set in a small Texas town in the midst of the 2000 Bush/Gore Presidential election, AMERICAN VIOLET tells the astonishing story of Dee Roberts (critically hailed newcomer Nicole Beharie), a 24 year old African-American single mother of four who is wrongfully swept up in a drug raid.”

“Despite the urgings of her mother… and with her freedom and the custody of her children at stake, she chooses to fight the powerful district attorney…and the unyielding criminal justice system he represents. Joined in an unlikely alliance with an ACLU attorney…and former local narcotics officer…Dee risks everything in a battle that forever changes her life, and the Texas justice system.”

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Xzibit lands villain role in “Bad Lieutenant”

Yeti — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:05:00 +0000

Xzibit continues to rack up the movie roles. After landing a major role with Mulder and Scully in the upcoming X-Files: I Want to Believe coming out this month, he is now confirmed to star alongside Denzel Whitaker, Val Kilmer and Nick Cage in the corrupt cop remake Bad Lieutenant. The original starred Harvey Keitel, but Nicholas Cage will take over the role with Xzibit playing one of the main villains. Filming is expected to start late summer. Via: HR

Related: Xzibit takes acting career to next level

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Xzibit taking acting career to next level

Yeti — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:39:49 +0000

One of the tell-tale signs that a hip-hop artist is taking their acting career seriously is when they drop their rapper “stage name” and switch to their real name. Xzibit will now be using his real name of Alvin Joiner in the credits and publicity of the upcoming movie X-Files: I Want to Believe. He plays FBI Agent Mosely Drummy in a major role where he helps Mulder and Scully solve an unthinkable crime. Not only did Alvin slim down for the role but he shaved his head and even went through FBI training as well. X-Files: I Want to Believe hits theaters July 25th.

Related: Xzibit in full FBI attire for new X-Files movie. Trailer to new X-Files movie.

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