Tyrese has signed on to star in "Waist Deep" for Focus Features. Tyrese plays an ex-convict who gets caught up in gang violence and turmoil after his car is hijacked with his son inside. He manages to outsmart the gang leaders with the help of a young woman. Vondie Curtis-Hall directs from his own script. "Waist Deep" falls under a recent agreement between Radar Pictures head Ted Field and sports entrepreneur A. Demitrius Brown to produce urban and Latin-themed films. Tedd Field and Joe Rosenberg are producing the film, which is shooting for an August start date in Los Angeles. Tyrese recently signed on to co-star in "Four Brothers" for Lorenzo di Bonaventura at Paramount Pictures. He also filmed "Annapolis" last year at the Walt Disney Co. His other credits include "2 Fast 2 Furious" and "Baby Boy." He is repped by WMA and managed by Jerome Martin.