T.I. and All-Star Team in American Gangster

MTV is reporting that T.I. likens the cast of the upcoming film American Gangsterto an all-star hip hop collabo.  The film stars Denzel Washington and Russel Crowe, along with hip hop stars, T.I. Common, and the RZA.  T.I. plays Common’s son and Denzel’s nephew.

“It’s one of the most prolific black gangster pictures ever to hit the screen. Tremendous amount of acting. Everybody’s going hard. It’s like when a hip-hop fan hears a song like [Khaled's] ‘We Takin’ Over’ and you hear all your favorites and you hear them at their best. That’s what ‘American Gangster’ is like for film. Cuba Gooding Jr., Common, RZA, Russell Crowe, Idris Elba. Everybody is doing their thing, everybody is going hard.”

T.I. is also set to begin shooting One Was Lost with Danny Glover.

“It’s about the relationship, the bond that was created from two very unlike characters,” the King of the South explained of “Once Was Lost.” “I play a young, money-hungry drug dealer, and Danny Glover is in it with me. He plays a senile jazz musician. He kind of tricked me into driving him to Mississippi from Harlem [New York] against my will. We learn so much about each other along the way. … It’s kinda like [an] older generation/younger generation, unlikely bond.”

T.I.’s Grand Hustle Films is also producing another starring vehicle for the Atlanta native, a car-salesman comedy called For Sale which is also set for a 2008 release.

Looks like T.I. may be making some moves to head down the same Hollywood path as Ice Cube and Will Smith.  I don’t blame him.