LIL WAYNE TO CO-STAR IN THE PATRIOTS MOVIE.

The Weinstein Company movie began filming in New Orleans this week. The storyline consist of a basketball team that was assembled of players who attended five different schools before the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Lil' Wayne plays the character Lamont, a student at Al Collins High School who is a skeptic of the new boy's basketball team. Whitaker plays the coach of the team who leads them to a possible state championship.