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2007 was the year that hip-hop artists dominated more than just music as they gained more and more exposure in movies, reality TV and online clips. Established artists such as Ludacris, Common, Snoop and Andre 3000 continued to make noise in Hollywood. But 2008 looks to be an even bigger year for Hip-hop in Hollywood. A look at what 2008 has to offer...

Jim Jones' BET reality TV show
If Snoop, Rev Run, Salt-N-Pepa and even Irv Gotti can do it, why can't Jim Jones? BET ran an article awhile ago about Jones' current spats with VH1 producers for his reality show "Keepin' Up With the Jones.'" Due to constant arguments with producers, Jones' reality show, which was originally supposed to air with "Gotti's Way" and "The Salt-N-Pepa Show," has been put on hold. Filming has been complete for awhile now, but as any producer in reality TV knows, it's all in the editing and Jones had issues early on with the thin line between true reality and scripted reality programming.

“There’s a bunch of time we bumped heads while doing the show. That’s pretty much what the show is about, me spazzin’ out on them [producers],” Jones explained. “Reality shows, they call it scripted reality, so it’s really not reality for none of these TVs and I told them I’m really not used to that. It’s either ya’ll gon’ catch the essence of the moment or you don’t catch it at all. We’re not doing nothin’ scripted. We’re just gonna follow life and that’s what it’s basically about.”

Even though Jones and BET producers clearly have issues, due to his rising popularity you can expect "Keepin' Up With the Jones'" to air sometime by mid 2008.

Ice Cube to play B.A. Baracus in "A-Team" movie?

John Singleton has been involved in this project for years and is in talks to develop and direct a modern day The A-Team Movie with Ice Cube rumored to play the shows most notable character B.A. Baracas (AKA Mr. T). Singleton and Ice Cube of course have worked together in the past on the classic Boyz N the Hood. While everything is in rumor stage at this point, Singleton has been attached to The A-Team Movie for awhile now. In fact a screen play has already been written with one version by Bruce Feirstein, the same guy who wrote the James Bond films The World Is Not Enough, Tomorrow Never Dies and Golden Eye.

The A-Team Movie has been in various stages of development for years...if it can actually get greenlit expect it end of 2008.

Coach Snoop movie back in the works
Although The Snoop Dogg Youth Football League is currently facing a lawsuit regarding exclusive footage rights of the league, Coach Snoop, the family-friendly comedy starring Snoop Dogg is still all-systems-go. The film has been in development since 2004, but as the writers of the family comedies The Wild and Snow Dogs finish up the script and as the popularity of Snoop's football league and his new reality show emerge, Coach Snoop is primed for a 2008 release date.