Justin shooting new movie next week

Justin Timberlake will start work on his next movie project next week, MTV reports today.

Fresh from filming crime thriller Edison, the singer-turned-actor will begin shooting Alpha Dog, another crime drama. Justin will play Franky Ballkowski, a fictional member of a drug gang led by Jesse James Hollywood, who orchestrated the kidnapping and brutal murder of a 15-year-old in August 2000.

The film is said to be only "loosely based" on the life of Hollywood, who still remains at large.

Also on the cast are Emile Hirsch (as Hollywood), Ben Foster, Sharon Stone, Dominique Swain, Vincent Kartheiser, Shawn Hatosy, Vincent Laresca, Shera Danese and David Thornton.