EXCLUSIVE: In what would be his first TV starring vehicle, Ice Cube is set to topline and executive produce Eye For An Eye, a drama series project in development at FX. The project hails from Ice Cube’s company Cube Vision and Jeff Kwatinetz’s Prospect Park, which developed the idea together. Eye For An Eye centers on a complex man, played by Ice Cube, who is a veteran paramedic. After too many years of leaving the scenes of violent crimes with a victim struggling to live in the back of his ambulance, he snaps and starts going eye for an eye. When his thirst for revenge proves addictive, his personal life spirals out of control as he tries to reconcile it with his newfound life as a vigilante. Cube and his Cube Vision partner Matt Alvarez are executive producing with Kwatinetz and Prospect Park’s TV partner Josh Barry. A search is underway for a writer to pen the script. In TV, Ice Cube is executive producing the TBS sitcom Are We There Yet? based on his 2005 movie. UTA-repped Ice Cube recurs on the series, which has a 100-episode order. On the film side, he is working with New Line on a new installment in his hit Friday franchise. He next stars in Rampart and 21 Jump Street. Both Ice Cube and Prospect Park have a relationship at FX: Ice Cube executive produced the network’s docu series Black. White., while Prospect Park produces FX’s breakout comedy Wilfred. Prospect Park also has comedy GILF, from Wilfred co-creator and star Jason Gann, in the works at FX, one of sixteen series project the company has set up around town.





O’Shea Jackson!
Sounds very cool. Great character for him.
I usually only come on here to bitch and complain but that sounds…kinda awesome. Is it possible someone in the entertainment industry has come up with an original and interesting idea? Thats NOT a reboot of something else?
Didn’t this cat jump the shark in ’93?
Yeah, he’s a savvy businessman with a righteous past, but there’s no edge left to his persona at all. His trademark sneer is selling Coors Light! Next stop; “Snap into a Slim Jim!” commercials…
So it’s Dexter! Instead of an out and out serial killer, he’s a vigilante and he wasn’t “born in blood.”
Still sounds good though, kudos to Ice!
SO… this is an “urban” version of Dexter?
Thank you! And I’m urban… or is it Negro? Black? IDK…. either way this is an urban Dexter as you said
Not buying the paramedics motivation, doesnt quite work
That TOTALLY makes sense. For people who see the end result of violence every single day, they are totally in-tune with the heartache that violence causes. I think it is a perfect idea. Imagine putting someone in the back of your ambulance and working on them and talking to them only to have that person die before they get to the hospital. Imagine the trauma of experiencing that daily. It really could cause a person to snap.
“Can We Act Yet”?
That’s what I was thinking. A “complex” character requires an actor able to handle conveying that complexity, not just anger. I’d be more excited about this project if a skilled actor were to play the role.
@Gobacktosleep: That’s a subjective question. Obviously you don’t think so. But that’s meaningless. Hollywood hasn’t been a meritocracy in decades if ever. Ice Cube can act just fine for the roles he plays. If he were trying to do Shakespeare it might be a different story. As it would for a whole lot of other performers.
Stop being so stuck up.
CUBE! This sounds awesome. Also, FX should be a great home for something like this.
This is a fine role for Brother O’shea X.
Sincerely,
The Brother Hood
Nor Cube’s producing partner — talk about a wanker.
AYAYAEE!!!!!!
Should cube still act all “hood” and edgy? The point is to progress and grow…evolve if you will. You give kudos to other artists who do diverse things. Cube’s rep is flawless. I mean, his head is so big the call him Jack n the Box….lol