Eminem has teamed up with Kurt Sutter (Sons of Anarchy creator/exec producer) to work on his second major flick, entitled Southpaw.
Like in Eminem’s 2002 screen starring debut 8 Mile, Southpaw will be fueled by the struggles that inform Eminem’s music and mirror his life. Eminem will play a fast-rising welterweight boxer who brawls his way to the title, only to see his world crash down around him due to tragedy. The movie is about his fight to reclaim past glory.
After the jump, Kurt speaks on meeting with Em and how he feels his real life is a perfect fit for the story.
I’ve had a bunch of meetings with Marshall, and I know he’s very selective and doesn’t do a lot. But he shared so much of his personal struggle in this raw and very honest album, one that I connected with on a lot of levels. He is very interested in the boxing genre, and it seemed like an apt metaphor, because his own life has been a brawl. In a way, this is a continuation of the 8 Mile story, but rather than a literal biography, we are doing a metaphorical narrative of the second chapter of his life. He’ll play a world champion boxer who really hits a hard bottom, and has to fight to win back his life for his young daughter. At its core, this is a retelling of his struggles over the last five years of his life, using the boxing analogy. I love that the title refers to Marshall being a lefty, which is to boxing what a white rapper is to hip hop; dangerous, unwanted and completely unorthodox. It’s a much harder road for a southpaw than a right handed boxer.
I caught on to SOA recently so I’ve only just finished the first season. But I’ve really enjoyed what I’ve seen so far. This should be interesting.
I really wonder if this is going to be a great movie. 8 mile was cool.
this means Em will have less time to work on hism Dre’s and Slaughterhouse’s projects.
even tho he fell off, I’d still rather have Em’s music rather then movies.
but still lookin forward to seeing the movie,
@Dino >>> co-sign
I don’t know about welterweight….Is he really gonna get his weight down to under 150 lbs?
Man he looks crack head skinny lately, I think he’ll be alright.Em is a good actor from 8 mile to Entourage
Sounds dope. Let’s hope it comes out that way
Whats up with all these boxer movies/shows….
Isn’t Christian Bale having a boxing movie coming out, then there is another TV show on FX about boxers…then you are going to have this movie
@C yeah Mark Wahlberg/Christian Bale suppose to be a real good boxing movie. But I’m pretty tired of Boxing related movies.
Em was great on Entourage
i want another 8 mile!
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Stuff doesn’t get “entitled” shake, just titled. #Grammarnazi
you are a shitty ass grammar nazi then because works can most definitely be entitled
@Yo
Wtf are you saying?? That’s perfectly acceptable grammar..
shit i just watched the season 7 entourage finale with em in it today lol.
hopefully its as good as the first.
Em boxing as welterweight? Wanna see him get beat by Floyd or Manny. haha.
lol at you guys talking about his weight… its a movie.
Idk about his weight or that devil shit but eminems nasty at what he does best RAP he’s fuckin white so don’t hate he does more than all u haterade dudes nd makes way more money than u could dream haha so he’s a tank
Sons of Anarchy is my shit….Season 3 just concluded with one of the best finales ive ever seen….Shake ur in for a good time
Em, just give me that Bad Meets Evil EP and you can do whatever the fuck you want with your life.
Just got Sons of Anarchy season 1 and 2 for £12 waiting for it to come in the post now. I’m not a big fan of Eminem but if i like Sons of Anarchy I’ll check this out
At first I thought “Another boxing movie, really?” but with Em and a good crew and this premise, it could work, just don’t expect another 8 Mile.
Sons of Anarchy is an amazing show, the season finale for 3 is the best finale i seen in a long time…kurt sutter also worked on the shield too, so its gonna be good regardless
Looks cool I’ll definitely check this out. Maybe he’ll make a track skin to “Lose Yourself” “Rabbit Run” or “8 Mile Road” for the soundtrack, which would be sick as shit.
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this movie will do wonders for his music……..hopefully
why wont he just make a sequel to 8 mile where he already achieved his fame and is now struggling to get back up? and then a few years later make a movie with what happened in-between those times. damn….marketing genius
Bet we see a lil cameo from Fif…..based on his boxing past and all
8 Mile was solid movie, my favourite rapper movie tbh.
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The only good rapper movie that is.