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T.I. has signed a three-film deal with Screen Gems Studios despite the prison sentence he's set to start early next year. According to Variety.com, the first of these films is Bone Deep, which is about "a group of bank robbers who pull off a daring highrise heist and are dragged into one last job by a freshly paroled cohort." Idris Elba of The Wire and Matt Dillon also appear in the movie, a T.I. co-production.

The second Screen Gems movie is Boulevard, the details of which are unknown at this time along with the name of T.I.'s third feature.

In other news, the rapper's playing the following shows in the coming weeks:

6/6 Washington, DC - Love
6/7 Detroit, MI - Chene Park *
6/12 New York, NY - United Palace Theatre
6/13 Columbus, GA - Columbus Civic Center
6/19 Chicago, IL - Congress Theater
6/20 Bonner Springs, KS - Sandstone Amphitheater (Hot 103's Big Summer Jam)
6/21 Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (Hot 104.1 Super Jam)
6/25 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
7/11 Baltimore, MD - 1st Mariner Arena

* with Rick Ross

—The ARTISTdirect Staff
06.06.08