50 Cent Says He's Working on 8 Mile TV Show with Eminem: It's 'in Motion'



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50 Cent says he's turning the 2002 movie eight Mileinto a TV show.

The rapper announced during his Friday appearance astatine the BigBoyTV YouTube transmission that the movie, a semi-autographical instrumentality connected Eminem's lifestyles, has a tv amusement this is "in movement."

"I'm gonna present his eight Mile to television," helium discovered, adding that Eminem, 50, is connected committee to assistance with the show's production.

"It's gonna beryllium massive. I'm working. I ain't were fixed nary duds. I'm batting a hundred," the forty seven-yr-antique rapper said aft being requested astir the display. "I deliberation it indispensable beryllium determination for his bequest due to the fact that it's captious to maine that they recognize it."

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According to the rapper, the ngo volition supply a "backstory" to the movie and amusement Eminem's much youthful years. He additionally expressed a penchant for the show to proportionality Eminem's communicative with a marque caller audience.

The film's communicative changed into remaining revisited successful 2020 whilst Eminem, who received Best Original Song astatine the 2003 Academy Awards for "Lose Yourself" from the film's soundtrack, seemed astatine the 2020 Academy Awards to execute the anthem. The look got present aft Eminem missed the grant rite wherein helium took location the win.

Most nominees person a inclination to execute their songs connected the stage, nevertheless Eminem skipped the 2003 ceremonial altogether. Instead, the Detroit rapper changed into dependable dormant astatine his home successful Michigan with the TV tuned to cartoons for his daughter, Hailie, the Detroit Free Press pronounced astatine the time.

The rapper had successful beforehand decided to beryllium down retired the swank ceremony, determining it "wasn't his signifier of gig," the insubstantial cited. As a result, Barbra Streisand coiled up offering the aureate statuette for "Lose Yourself" to co-creator Luis Resto.

"Look, if you had different shot, each different opportunity… Thanks for having maine @theacademy. Sorry it took maine 18 years to get close here," Eminem wrote connected Instagram, sharing a clip of Resto accepting the grant without him.

Last October, helium commemorated the tune and further euphony from the movie successful a re-launch of the film's authentic soundtrack successful grant of eight Mile's twentieth anniversary.

" 'I'm nevertheless presumption close present screaming "f*** the Free World."' #8Mile 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of the soundtrack drops connected streaming Friday!" helium wrote along the assertion of the re-release with snippets from the movie.