RZA’s New Movie Is A Perfect Storm Of Hip-Hop Film Stars & OG Actors (Video)

Wu-Tang Clan’s Abbott has been a longtime film director. The RZA’s past credits include 2012’s The Man With The Iron Fists, and last year’s Love Beats Rhymes. This past weekend, the accomplished producer, MC, and entertainment mogul premiered the trailer to his third film, Cut Throat City. RZA screened the work at San Diego, California’s Comic-Con. Now that trailer is released to the public.

Cut Throat City, written by P.G. Cuscheri, follows four friends returning to New Orleans, Louisiana’s Lower 9th Ward, following 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. With few ways to earn a living, the friends team up to plot a casino heist.

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RZA Directing Hurricane Katrina Crime Drama

Rapper RZA has enlisted a star-studded cast for his next film "Cut Throat City."

"Empire" star Terrence Howard, Wesley Snipes, Eiza Gonzalez, and rapper T.I. have signed on for the film, which takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana following 2005's devastating Hurricane Katrina.

The film is currently shooting in the city and centers on four friends, who turn to a local criminal to pull off a casino heist after they return to the storm-damaged city and cannot find work.

The Wu-Tang Clan star will direct the movie and score it. He will also produce the project.

Joel David Moore, Kat Graham, Rob Morgan, Denzel Whitaker, Demetrius Shipp Jr., Shameik Moore, and Isaiah Washington will also appear in the film, according to Deadline.

RZA made his directorial debut in 2012 with "The Man with the Iron Fists" and went on to helm an episode of "Iron Fist" and 2017's "Love Beats Rhymes."

[via AllHipHop News]