Ice Cube is writing and starring in an Oliver Twist musical
After engaging in a Fist Fight with Charlie Day and going for yet another Ride Along with Kevin Hart, Ice Cube is going to dabble in musicals. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the erstwhile N.W.A rapper is going to put a modern, er, twist on Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Ice Cube has signed on to co-write the contemporary take on the classic orphan story, which is chock full of squalor, social criticism, and gruel. He’ll also produce the film with his co-writer Jeff Kwatinetz and Marc Platt, the latter of whom was behind the hit pre-Oz musical Wicked. The musical will be under the Disney Studios banner.