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From the A/P....Rapper books two new films opposite high-caliber Oscar talent.

*Casting directors must’ve really liked what they saw of Common in his recent film “Smokin’ Aces,” because the Chicago rapper has scored two new movie roles that feature such Academy Award-winning actors as Forest Whitaker, Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie.

Common will play a supervillain who secretly controls the planet with Jolie and Freeman in Universal’s “Wanted,” and he’ll portray a heroin dealer from Belize posing as an undercover police officer in Fox Searchlight's upcoming cop drama, "Night Watchman."

"Wanted" follows a white-collar worker (James McAvoy) who discovers he is the son of the most evil villain on Earth. When his father is assassinated, he inherits the dead man's powers and begins life among the other supervillains (Freeman, Jolie and Common) who secretly run the entire world.

Common will play the Gunsmith, an assassin with an unparalleled knowledge of firearms who is enlisted to help train and transform McAvoy's character into the world's most feared and powerful hit man.

"Night Watchman," based on an original idea by James Ellroy, centers on a disgraced LAPD cop (Keanu Reeves) who discovers corruption inside the police department and sets out on a mission to redeem himself. Whitaker will play the captain of Reeves’ elite police unit, called Ad/Vice.
Born Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr., Common made his big-screen debut in the ensemble action flick "Smokin' Aces." He next appears in the Denzel Washington-Russell Crowe saga "American Gangster." His new album, "Finding Forever," is due for release in July.

The movie "Wanted" will be good if it's done like it was written in the comic book. The villians have killed off the heroes and took over the world and do despicable shyt. I'm still pissed off because Angelina Jolie is in this movie because the character she's play was black in the book and I think Jada Pinkett would have been perfect for this movie.