Two more NASCAR movies in the works: Britney Spears is to appear in the lead role as a racing car driver in her next film. She is all set to strap on her helmet and put the pedal to the metal in a movie about Nascar racing, the US motorsport where saloon cars race round an oval track. The pop star chose the film, her second, from a pile of offers and will start filming in October. An insider told the Sun: “There is no title yet but the film is inspired by one of Britney’s favourite movies, Days Of Thunder, which starred Tom Cruise. “Tom played a hot-tempered Nascar racer – Britney wants to race too.”(Sky News) AND Ice Cube is in negotiations to come aboard to rewrite and executive produce with Matt Alvarez through their company CubeVision the MGM comedy feature “Race” for Hyde Park Entertainment. The project, aiming for a fall start, is set to go out to actors and directors. “Race” reteams Cube with MGM, the studio for which he recently wrapped shooting the lead role in the comedy “Barbershop.” Cube will not take on acting duties in “Race.” Set on the NASCAR circuit, “Race” is a fish-out-of-water story about a cab driver who finds himself the only black participating in a stock-car race.(Sympatico-Lycos)(6-4-2002)
