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50 Cent, Kilmer shooting "Gun"

Rap artist Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson arrives at the 2009 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California November 22, 2009. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok

Rap artist Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson arrives at the 2009 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California November 22, 2009.

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Rapper 50 Cent and Val Kilmer are set to star in "Gun," a drama set in the world of illegal drug dealing.

The indie project, based on an original story by 50 Cent, starts shooting soon in Grand Rapids, Mich., with Jessy Terrero ("Soul Plane") at the helm. The cast also includes Charles Malik Whitfield.

In 2005, 50 Cent starred in the similarly themed autobiographical drama "Get Rich or Die Tryin'."

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