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BlackTree TV sits down with Cedric The Entertainer
and rapper/actor Common to discuss Dirty Cops,
Obama, Media and their new movie "Street Kings"
The Game, Common & DJ Muggs Add Hip-Hop Flavor To
New Keanu Reeves Flick
written by Janeé Bolden
Wednesday - March 5, 2008
The Game
Upcoming police drama Street Kings has hip-hop
written all over it, not only do Common and the
Game have starring roles but former Cypress Hill
producer DJ Muggs is also providing the score for
the film.
Set on the gritty streets of Los Angeles, Street
Kings features Keanu Reeves as an LAPD Vice
Detective, determined to track down his former
partner's killers. Forrest Whitaker, Common and
the Game also star in the David Ayer-directed
film. Ayer is known for writing such past films as
Training Day and The Fast And The Furious.
Due out in April, the flick also features a score
created by renowned Cypress Hill and Soul
Assassins producer, DJ Muggs. In a recently
released statement, Muggs described his duties on
the project:
"We began the process of Street Kings by talking
to David Ayer about the direction of the sound and
how we wanted to convey certain moods in certain
scenes," DJ Muggs explained. "Once the movie was
shot, we went to work and brought the sound and
movement to life."
"The main difference from scoring and making
records is that in scoring the music can't loop,"
Muggs explained. "You gotta build, take away and
add changes constantly as each frame changes. And
the other difference is that when I make music, I
only have to answer to me. This time I had the
director and the producers and the studio Fox
Searchlight. You have to make sure they get their
vision across as well as the energy and emotion
they want in the sound of their film. I'm here for
that purpose."
DJ Muggs is currently working on his compilation
album Soul Assassins III, as well as the concept
album DJ Muggs vs. Planet Asia with Planet Asia..
Street Kings lands in theaters on April 11th.
Starring:
Keanu Reeves (The Matrix), Forest Whitaker (The
Last King of Scotland),
Hugh Laurie ("House") & Chris Evans (Fantastic
Four)
lead the all-star cast including
Jay Mohr (Jerry Maguire), John Corbett (My Big Fat
Greek Wedding),
Cedric the Entertainer (Johnson Family Vacation),
Amaury Nolasco ("Prison Break"),
Naomi Harris (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's
End), Terry Crews ("Everybody Hates Chris"),
Common (American Gangster), & The Game.
Directed by the Writer of TRAINING DAY: DAVID AYER
Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves) is a veteran LAPD cop
who finds life difficult to navigate after the
death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in
the execution of his former partner, Detective
Terrance Washington (Terry Crews), Ludlow sets out
on a quest to find the real murderers responsible
and bring them to justice. With the help of a
young Robbery Homicide Detective (Chris Evans),
the two team up to tackle the diverse communities
of Los Angeles. Academy® Award winner Forest
Whitaker plays Captain Wander, Ludlow's
supervisor, whose duties include keeping him
within the confines of the law and out of the
clutches of Internal Affairs Captain Biggs (Hugh
Laurie).
A BlackTree Media Production
Produced by Jamaal Finkley
Hosted by Ms. Patricia Cage
STREET KINGS is set for a wide release on April
11, 2008.
Running time: 103 minutes
For more information on STREET KINGS, please visit
the following link:
http://www.blacktree.tv
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