Cheetah Vision

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Cheetah Vision
Company type Public
Industry Entertainment
Founded2008
Key people
Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson (CEO)
Randall Emmett (President)

Cheetah Vision is a currently inactive [1] American film production company founded in 2008 by Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson and Randall Emmett.

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The company produced low budget action thrillers for foreign film markets across the world. [2] [3] The company's first film was Before I Self Destruct . [4] [5] [6]

In early 2011, 50 Cent landed a $200,000,000 deal for the company, which funded a ten-film deal. Lionsgate distributed the films. Under the deal, the films had a budget of around $20 million each. [7] [8]

Released films

Music videos

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