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Eminem’s Boxing Drama Is on the Back Burner

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 27: Rapper Eminem performs onstage during the 2010 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Eminem
Photo: Frederick M. Brown/2010 Getty Images

Southpaw, the Kurt Sutter–penned, Detroit-set boxing drama set to star Eminem, is back in development time-out while Marshall gets back to that rapping thing. Slim Shady spokesman Dennis Dennehy never came out and explicitly said Em’s working on his eighth studio album, but that seems a distinct possibility. Southpaw, which would employ more than 9,000 extras and 200 crew members, should still film in Detroit whenever production picks back up.

Eminem’s Boxing Drama Is on the Back Burner