Singer Eminem to shoot movie

DETROIT (AP) - Eminem helped put Detroit's rap scene on the map.
Now, he's putting it on the silver screen. A drama loosely based on Marshall Mathers III's experience as a suburban Detroit hip-hop singer who became a superstar, temporarily named "Untitled Detroit Project," will begin shooting in and around the city in September.

Imagine Films, producing the movie for distribution through Universal Studios, will open a Detroit production office in early August, the Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday.
The newspaper quoted unnamed sources close to the production, but said a Universal Studios spokesman confirmed it. Eminem, a Grammy-winning rapper who has been widely criticized for his violent lyrics about gays and women, will star in the movie.