Ne-Yo Working on Semi-Autobiographical Movie!!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:33 pm

Riding high on the success of his third album Year of the Gentleman,
which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, Ne-Yo is about to expand
his foray into Hollywood with a semi-autobiographical film that he
likens to Eminem’s 8 Mile. Ne-Yo breaks the news exclusively to us.

“We are putting together the next [film] right now as we speak, as
a matter of fact. The name of the movie is Venice Beach and basically
it’s going to be my 8 Mile, loosely based on [my] life, but not
really,” says the 28-year-old singer/songwriter.

Ne-Yo is aiming for perfection with his first feature film since 2007’s
Stomp the Yard. “There’s a lot of room for it to be either really good
or really corny. We gotta make sure the script is right, so that’s why
we ain’t start shooting yet. We gotta get it right.”

Production on Venice Beach is expected to commence “around December.”