Crawford, 50 Cent for drug drama 'Twelve'

Gossip Girl's Chase Crawford, Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson and Kiefer Sutherland are among the cast of drug drama Twelve.

Director Joel Schumacher has also recruited Emma Roberts, Rory Culkin and Ellen Barkin for the project, which centres on a teenager who becomes a drug dealer in Manhattan's wealthy Upper East Side.

The movie is an adaptation of Nick McDonell novel, which was published in 2002 when the writer was just 17. Jordan Melamed has penned the screenplay, reports Variety.

Twelve will begin production this month in New York.