The rumor with legs: While Rich Johnston salutes Mark Millar for a successful sleight of hand marketing campaign falsely connecting Eminem with the Wanted movie deal, Rap News Direct reports the story as gospel:

"Eminem is currently being considered to play the starring role of a comic book character in the upcoming film Wanted. Comic book writer Mark Millar is bringing this super villain comic book series Wanted to the silver screen and he's looking at Em for the starring role. 'I'm really excited about the possibility of Marshall playing the lead role,' Millar said, 'and Universal has already been in talks with his people, and also lined up one of the top five producers in Hollywood.' Millar will also reportedly be executive producer of the film. He is interested in getting Tommy Lee Jones and Beyonce Knowles for other villainous roles."