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OutKast member to star in new film

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Andre 3000 to share screen with Will Ferrell

Outkast’s Andre 3000 is set to star in a new film ’Semi-Pro’ with comic actor Will Ferrell.

The film will be set in the 1970s world of the American basketball and follows the fictional Flint Michigan Tropics team.

Andre 3000, who appeared in 'Be Cool' and Outkast's Idlewild film, will plays "a self styled ladies’ man who is the best player on the team".

The rapper is also voicing one of the characters in the upcoming animated version of ’Charlotte’s Web’, reports Reuters.

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