Alcon Entertainment has picked up Lottery Ticket, the script by Abdul Williams, from Rogue Pictures, and plans to finance and produce the urban comedy as a starring vehicle for Bow Wow and Ice Cube, according to Variety.

Music video director Erik White will make his feature directorial debut on the project,

The story revolves a young man, portrayed by Bow Wow, living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he's holding a winning lottery ticket worth $350 million.

Production will begin in Atlanta in October.