You Talking to Me, 50?

De Niro and 50 Cent teaming up

50 Cent and De Niro?

If only I’d taken the Red Pill instead, I might’ve been able to grasp that better.

The Rapper-cum-actor (apparently OK in the new pic, “Home of the Brave”) is in talks to join Academy Award Winner Robert De Niro “New Orleans,” a police thriller set to be directed by Tim Hunter.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film (previously titled “Microwave Park”) centers on a cop who thinks his partner has died in Hurricane Katrina, only to discover that he was shot to death. When he gets a new partner, the pair investigates the murder, taking them on a journey into a world of police corruption.

De Niro is attached to play the lead with 50 Cent in the role of his new partner.

The project was originally set in Los Angeles but changed to New Orleans after the Katrina disaster. Production is tentatively scheduled to begin filming in the city in February.

You mean… a film is cashing in on the New Orleans tragedy? Say it ain’t so.