50 Cent to Star in Movie "Boneyard"

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has signed on to star in the Indie crime thriller movie "Boneyard".

Hollywood star Mel Gibson, Nora Zehetner, and Brian Van Holt are also starring in the project.

Colin Bates, who produced the Halle Berry thriller Kidnap, is producing the movie alongside Vincent McDaniel.

Inspired by true events, "Boneyard" tells of an FBI special agent (played by Gibson) who along with the Albuquerque police department, is hunting for a serial killer nicknamed The Bone Collector. However, the chief of police and one of his officers believe someone in their department may be the killer.

Jackson is portraying the chief while Van Holt plays the officer who is connected to the case through a missing niece.

Director Asif Akbar is helming the project from a script by Hank Byrd, Vincent E. McDaniel, Koji Steven Sakai, and Akbar.

Principal photography is underway in Las Vegas. Flix Financial is co-financing with The Film Post and One Dollar Studios. Randall J. Bacon, Daniel R. Carmona, and Dean Scheske serve as executive producers.

Rapper-turned-actor-turned-entrepreneur Jackson made his acting debut in Starz’s crime series "Power" into a franchise empire, with several spinoffs. Another burgeoning empire is "Black Mafia Family", now in production on its third season, and the recently released The BMF docuseries. Earlier this year, he announced a nonexclusive multi-project development deal with Fox.

Movie-wise, Jackson has appeared in several action thrillers and will next be seen opposite Jason Statham and Sylvester Stallone in Lionsgate’s "The Expendables 4".