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Starz is doubling down on shows with 50 Cent – developing two more scripted series with the rapper. The network has put into development a female sports agent drama inspired by the life of Nicole Lynn, as well as a hip hop anthology series. The untitled female sports agent drama comes from Raising Kanan and Snowfall…

EXCLUSIVE: The new ABC legal drama series For Life, from Hank Steinberg, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Doug Robinson and Alison Greenspan, will have a companion podcast series, set for premiere February 11, the same day as its linear premiere. Produced in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television and  ABC, For Life: The…

Quibi and Lionsgate are teaming with rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson for the animated series Trill League, an adaptation of Anthony Piper’s indie graphic novel and its anime-inflected, hip-hop-informed vision of a black superhero universe. Jameel Saleem (South Park) and Piper are co-creators and writers of the series…

EXCLUSIVE: Another key Power player has joined Starz’s Intercepted. Former Power co-executive producer Heather Zuhlke has been tapped to write and executive produce the drama based on Alexa Martin’s bestselling novel. The project, now in development, hails from Power duo Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and La La Anthony. Inte…

50 Cent has revealed that his next series for Starz will be a drama based on the story of drug-trafficking organization Black Mafia Family. The artist, otherwise known as Curtis Jackson, is to exec produce the series, which is currently in development. It comes after Power exec producer Jackson struck a major overall…

EXCLUSIVE: The Power duo of executive producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and co-star La La Anthony are teaming for a new series project at Starz. The premium cable network has put in development Intercepted, a soapy drama from 50 Cent and his G-Unit Films and Television, with Anthony attached to star and executive…

The New York Police Dept. has started an investigation into a Brooklyn commander who told his officers to shoot rapper/actor 50 cent on sight. The New York Daily News reports Deputy Inspector Emanuel Gonzalez, the commanding officer of the 72nd Precinct in Sunset Park, is the person who made the threat. Gonzalez made…

The remarkable story of Isaac Wright, Jr., the wrongfully convicted drug kingpin who got his conviction overturned and became a licensed attorney, is the subject of a drama series in development at ABC. It hails from The Last Ship co-creator/executive producer Hank Steinberg, Power executive producer Curtis ’50 Cent…

Starz is keeping its Power broker in the family. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who stars in and exec produces that veteran crime drama, has signed a rich new overall deal with the premium cabler, Deadline has confirmed. Under the four-year pact  — that sees figures like $150 million being whispered and Starz CEO Chris Albr…

Jada Pinkett Smith (Gotham) and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson (Power),  are not happy with the new film about the life of slain rapper Tupac Shakur, that is off to a strong start at the box office. Lionsgate’s All Eyez On Me, starring Demetrius Shipp Jr. and Kat Graham, opened today on what would have been Shakur’s 46th…

EXCLUSIVE: Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson has just been cast in Diamond Film Productions’ upcoming crime thriller Den of Thieves which is being domestically distributed by STX and directed by Christian Gudegast from an original screenplay that he co-wrote with Paul Sheuring. The project, which has also long starred Gerard…

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Albrecht's power play of moving Power to Sunday night for its third season seems to have paid off. The Starz drama executive produced by 50 Cent and Courtney Kemp pulled in 2.26 million viewers last night with its Season 3 debut. That scores not only the premium cabler's best original series season…