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ABC has given a big put pilot commitment to Family Affair, a single-camera family comedy with musical elements from husband-and-wife writer-producers Devon and Ranada Shepard, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Universal Music/Polygram Entertainment and ABC Signature. Written by Devon and Ranada Shepard, Family A…

As the COVID-19 pandemic threw the world into months of uncertainty, the freshman season of ABC’s For Life left viewers with questions about what awaits wrongfully convicted inmate-turned lawyer Aaron Wallace in the criminal justice system. Executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson revealed on Wednesday that the For…

Producer and recording artist Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is partnering with Eli Roth and entertainment studio 3BlackDot for a three-picture feature film deal. The deal expands Power player Jackson’s G-Unit Film & Television in the horror film space. Jackson’s G-Unit will team with the Arts District Entertainment, Roth’s…

On the heels of a record-setting series premiere, Starz has ordered a second season of Power Book II: Ghost. The first spinoff series in the expanded Power Universe franchise from executive producers Courtney A. Kemp and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Ghost drew nearly 7.5 million multiplatform views in its debut week…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of tonight's Power Book II: Ghost series premiere on Starz. "The man who killed James St. Patrick is (long pause) Tommy Egan," declares Naturi Naughton's Tasha St. Patrick to a dubious courtroom just before one more twist ended the debut of Power Book II: Ghost…

New York is officially back in the TV production business. Cameras have started rolling ABC’s drama series For Life, starring Nicholas Pinnock, and HBO Max’s limited series The Flight Attendant, headlined and exec produced by Kaley Cuoco. For Life, from Sony Pictures Television, is believed to be the first series to…

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is behind Twenty Four Seven, a drama starring T.I. Inspired by Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations from NYPD’s First “Hip-Hop Cop.” CBS All Access is in final negotiations for the project, which will be produced by CBS TV Studios and…

The action-packed story of Tariq St. Patrick picks up right where it left off in a new trailer for Power Book II: Ghost.  The Power spinoff series will premiere on September 6, Starz announced Tuesday. In the trailer, Michael Rainey Jr. reprises his role as Tariq, a teen drug dealer. The young man must face not only…

"I need to know everything you know about Tariq St. Patrick," declares Mary J. Blige's drug queenpin Monet Stewart Tejada in the latest teaser for the forthcoming Power Book II: Ghost, and you get the impression it isn't about the now Ivy Leaguer's GPA. Having dropped earlier today on the Starz App, the adrenalized…

For Life is not an easy sell as a broadcast drama. Inspired by the life of Isaac Wright Jr., who was wrongfully convicted but got his conviction overturned while in prison and became a licensed attorney, the series’ first season was set in prison. It followed Aaron Wallace (Nicholas Pinnock) as he represents himself…

Inspired by the life of Isaac Wright Jr, ABC’s freshman legal drama For Life follows Aaron Wallace (played by Nicholas Pinnock), a prisoner who takes on the justice system by becoming a lawyer, fighting cases for other inmates while trying to overturn his own wrongful conviction. When executive producer Curtis “50…

"I guess what I would say is that it's more of a Rashomon kind of structure, where it's telling you story through specific characters," Power creator Courtney A. Kemp explained of the shifts in time and perspective similar to Akira Kurosawa's 1950 classic that made up of the end of the hit Starz series earlier this…