50 Cent runs with 'Dead Man'

November 19, 2008 The rapper will play a ruthless loan shark in the movie, which details a criminal world as hard hit by the recession as Wall Street. Set in London, de Rakoff's script centers on an ex-con trying to go straight who is given 24 hours to raise 100,000 pounds ($150,000) to pay off Jackson's loan shark or become a "dead man running." The movie has attracted the backing of U.K. soccer players Rio Ferdinand of Manchester United and Ashley Cole from Chelsea FC, who take executive producer credits.

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