'Pursuit' starring 50 Cent sets start date

Emmett/Furla Films and Cheetah Vision Films are running after ''The Pursuit,'' joining up to create the experience thriller starring Curtis ''50 Cent'' Jackson. Project was introduced Tuesday by Randall Emmett, who co-runs Cheetah Vision with Jackson and it is joined with George Furla in Emmett/Furla Films. Emmett, Furla and Jackson are creating. Shooting continues to be set to begin February. 15 in Louisiana. Jessy Terrero (''Soul Plane'') will direct included in a 3-picture pointing cope with the producers.''The Pursuit'' is going to be written by Lionsgate through Cheetah Vision's 10-picture output deal.Story focuses on a cop and criminal unintentionally joining as much as find an steered clear of bank thief as each one has their own personal vendetta from the guy -- while a determined US Marshall tracks the males to avoid them from killing the convict. Matt Manley (''Into nowhere,'' ''Torque'') authored the script.Emmett/Furla is presently in pre-production on ''Broken City'' starring Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe and ''Frozen Ground'' starring John Cusack, Nicolas Cage and Vanessa Hudgens. Both films will start shooting this fall. The organization is within publish production on ''Lay the favourite,'' ''Fire with Fire,'' ''Freelancers'' and ''End of Watch.'' Emmett/Furla introduced recently a $250 million film fund with Picture Entertainment to invest in a brand new slate of star-driven commercial movies.Image Entertainment acquired privileges recently to football drama ''All Things Break Apart,'' starring Jackson, Ray Liotta, Mario Van Peebles and Lynn Whitfield, with Van Peebles pointing. ''All Things Break Apart,'' created by Jackson and Emmett, is slated to have an early 2012 theatrical release. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com