Audiences are in the mood for some fatal attraction action at the box office. Beyonce Knowles and Idris Elba’s “Obsessed” debuted as the top weekend movie with $28.5 million in ticket sales. The movie stars Knowles and Elba as a couple whose ideal marriage is put on the rocks after a psychotic temp played by Ali Larter begins stalking the husband.
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Hip-Hop star Ice Cube has been cast as a rogue cop in a new action comedy set to be produced titled Ride Along. The rapper’s Cube Vision Productions will producer the flick, with longtime production partner Matt Alvarez re-writing the script. The movie is still in need of a director and co-star, although production is slated to begin this summer. Cube plays a rogue cop in the comedy, who attempts to sabotage his sisters marriage to a white psychiatrist by taking him for a ride during his work day. Ice Cube’s next film due in theaters is Janky Promoters, but the film is currently seeking distribution after an agreement with the Weinstein Co. went awry. Ice Cube began his career as a rapper in the pioneering gangsta rap group, N.W.A., which recorded tracks like “Straight Outta Compton,” “Gangsta, Gangsta” and “F**k Tha Police,” which helped the group sell over 9 million records.

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You can go see Cadillac Records on December 5.

This movie stars Samuel L. Jackson and the late Bernie Mac as well as the late Isaac Hayes. It looks like its going to be funny.

The life story of deceased rapper Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.’ Wallace is finally coming to the big screen. In theaters January 2009.

Of course Beyonce will be heavily featured on the Cadillac Records soundtrack. Sony/Columbia Records will be releasing the album on December 2. You can also pre-order it on Amazon.com.