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Nic Cage & 50 Cent Get Boxing

By Garth Franklin Wednesday April 5th 2006 11:56PM

Nicolas Cage and rapper 50 Cent are to star in "The Dance", a film based on the real life story of a prison boxing coach says Ananova.

The feature is based on a 2003 documentary on Billy 'The Kid' Roth which Cage helped produce. Ex-prizefighter Roth has spent more than 40 years as a volunteer boxing coach in Louisiana state prisons.

Cage will play Roth, while 50 Cent will play an inmate the coach believes has the talent to be a contender - the only hindrance being that he's serving a life sentence. Neil Tolkin ("The Emperor's Club") will pen the script.

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