Eminem to Return to Film with 'Southpaw'

Eminem will grace the movie screen for the first time since 2002's '8 Mile' the upcoming boxing drama 'Southpaw'.

Earlier today, MTV News reported that rapper Eminem will make his long-awaited return to the silver screen in the lead role in the upcoming film Southpaw.
The film, which has already been picked up by DreamWorks, will find the Detroit rapper portraying a welterweight boxer whose career is cut short by personal tragedy. Kurt Sutter, the film's screenwriter and creator of FX's popular drama "Sons of Anarchy," said that the film carries a metaphorical relevance to rapper's own much-publicized trials and tribulations