Bruce Willis And Paul Walker Joining 50 Cent In ‘Set Up’
Curtis “50 Cent” Jacksoncontinues to evolve as a potential, if highly unlikely leading man. He’s doing this in part by continuing a partnership withBruce Willis, with whom he’s producing the filmCatch .44. And now Mr. Willis andPaul Walkerare in talks to join 50 Cent in the heist action filmSet Up, which is being shopped to foreign distributors.Varietysays thatMike Guntheris writing and plans to direct. Paul Walker has been in talks to join and now Bruce Willis is also in talks. Curtis Jackson is already set for the film, which “revolves around a group of friends who are catapulted into the middle of a diamond heist that turns deadly.”
Who is Mike Gunther? He’s a stunt coordinator who has worked on, among many other films,Live Free or Die HardandFast Five— that’s your link between this film and the two potential new co-stars. But willSet Upever get made? No idea. It’s is in that position that so many other films at a sales market end up inhabiting: there is talent attached, which is meant to help drive sales, but depending on the sales made that talent may not remain attached.
And with that basic plot description it’s difficult to tell whether there’s anything to recommend this one. Friendly business ties seem to be pulling it together, but even for a devoted heist film fan, that plot sounds dangerously over-worn.
We still have to see Curtis Jackson inThings Fall Apart, thefootball filmfor which the rapper lost a great deal of weight, and in which he co-stars withRay Liotta.Mario Van Peeblesdirects that one. I’ve dismissed Jackson’s work in the past based onRighteous KillandGet Rich Or Die Tryin', but you can’t say the guy lacks commitment. Can he become a legit acting talent? Or, based on films likeGun, has that already happened?
