50 Cent Starts Film Production Company

50 Cent revealed his new production company at the Sundance Film Festival, an independent film festival, reports Reuters.  Cheetah Vision’s first film, “The Dance,” will star the rapper and actor Nicholas Cage.

This year will also mark his directorial debut.  In March, 50 cent will give away his movie, “Before I Self Destruct,” with his new album of the same name.  The film is about a young man who turns to crime to support his younger brother after his mother is shot to death.

“It’s an opportunity to make sure my fans get to see my first piece,” he said of the film, which he also wrote and produced. “It actually allowed me to show cause and effect to some of the actions that I wrote about on the album.”

The rapper can be seen in the movie, “Streets of Blood,” later this year with Val Kilmer and Sharon Stone.  He will also began filming the movie, “13” with Mickey Rourke.