Reports in the United States are linking Kanye West with a new film venture, potentially set in the Middle East.
Kanye West has always harboured ambitions to move beyond music. Entering the fashion world with a Louis Vuitton collaboration, the rapper is now being linked with an ambitious film project in the Middle East.
Details are still uncertain, although the New York Observer has reported that Kanye West is investigating the shoot. From the report: “Sources tell The Observer that Mr. West sent members of his team to meet with film companies and government officials based out of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Doha, Qatar to explore the idea of a production. A number of local municipal officials and film companies are said to be engaged in what was characterized as a heated bidding war for the contracts involved in bringing Mr. West’s vision to life.”
Apparently no stone will be left unturned, with Kanye West aiming to gain a sense of realism. “Mr. West’s creative team is moving to the region for a few weeks, as part of an effort to create an ‘authentic’ depiction of the culture.”
Of course, Kanye West has previously explored the film world. Just before his album ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ dropped the hip hop icon unveiled the grandiose, over the top, completely fascinating short film ‘Runaway’.
Still a genuine WTF?! moment, you can re-visit ‘Runaway’ below…
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Meanwhile, Kanye West recently quoted George Bernard Shaw on his Twitter feed – consider this a ‘quote of the day’ style feature…
“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple… But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.” – George Bernard Shaw
