EXCLUSIVE: Tucker Tooley Entertainment has picked up the comedic script Homecoming from actor-comedian Justin Hires (CBS’ MacGyver). The company will produce the project with rapper-entrepreneur Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, marking the second collaboration between the two after Den of Thieves. Hires will also play one of…

Justin Hires is staying in the CBS fold with another reboot of a famous action franchise. Hires, who toplined CBS’ series Rush Hour last season, is set to co-star opposite Lucas Till and George Eads in the network’s new fall series MacGyver, a reimagining of  the 1985 show about a resourceful and ingenious agent who…

CBS and Warner Bros TV are going with unknown actors for both leads in the Rush Hour series remake, which probably makes sense given how closely associated the roles are with Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan, who played them in the movie franchise. Little-known actor-comedian Justin Hires (21 Jump Street, Key & Peele)…

Marshall Allman has landed the co-lead opposite Ken Jeong in MTV’s comedy pilot presentation Ken Jeong Made Me Do It. Also cast in the project, directed by Peter Segal, are Bonnie Dennison and Justin Hires.

Written/executive produced by Andy St. Clair and Paul O'Toole, Ken Jeong Made Me Do It centers on 22-year-old…