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Bow Wow Explains Disappointment with Film Company

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Bow Wow and Forest Whitaker have both said they’re upset about the way the straight-to-DVD film, “Hurricane Season,” also featuring Lil Wayne was handled.

Shot in New Orleans in 2008, the movie focused on a local high school basketball team shortly after Hurricane Katrina. The picture, also featuring Isaiah Washington, Taraji P. Henson, Courtney B. Vance and Jackie Long, had a strong initial buzz, and the song Lil Wayne performed at the 2009 Grammy Awards, “Tie My Hands,” was slated to be featured in the drama.

“My character’s name is Lamont,” Lil Wayne explained, while sitting on the set in the middle of a gymnasium back in 2008. “The character is, I would say, a hustler. He goes to the school. He always bets against the school. He’s trying to make the best bet. Anything to get money. He sells shoes. … Towards the end of the movie, he makes his way to becoming a full-blown Patriots fan and representing the school he’s with. He enjoys the Patriots as much as everybody else at the end of the day.”

Bow Wow does have a movie named “Lottery Ticket” which is being produced by Ice Cube, due in theaters later this year. He also said he was in talks with Martin Lawrence to commence filming on a separate movie in March.

However, despite its seeming box-office appeal, the film never hit theaters and went straight to DVD (it was released earlier this month), and was widely available on the Internet before its release.


Whitaker recently told The Playlist that he thought the film not going to theaters was a travesty.

“It’s not just about me, the fact that they didn’t do what they said they were going to do is amazing to me,” he said. “I think that is modus operandi. But a lot of people are telling me they saw the video on DVD and really responded to it and don’t understand why it wasn’t released and I say, ‘You’ll have to talk to the Weinsteins [about that], I can’t help you.’ ”

At press time, representatives for the Weinstein Company had not responded to MTV News’ request for comment.

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