Ice Cube to star as Fagin in new Oliver Twist film

NWA rapper will play Fagin in new musical adaptation of the Dickens story, with Tony-winning director of Broadway hit Hamilton behind the camera

Rapper Ice Cube will play Fagin in a new musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist.

The former NWA star will also co-produce the film, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Thomas Kail, who won a Tony award for directing the Broadway hit musical Hamilton, will make his film directing debut.

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