EXCLUSIVE: Actor and rap artist Tip "T.I." Harris and John Ortiz (Fast & Furious, Fast & Furious 6) have signed to topline Flint, a feature set against the backdrop of the Flint, Michigan water crisis written by Malcolm M. Mays, who will also direct. The project hails from Will Smith and James Lassiter-founded Overbroo…

Wu-tang Clan member turned filmmaker RZA is known for his affinity for anything and everything in the martial arts ilk, but as seen in the first trailer of Cut Throat City, he is going a different route. He took the Comic-Con stage in Hall H  to wax poetic about how he relates to martial arts and how he honors it…

EXCLUSIVE: Tip “T.I.” Harris (Ant-Man) is attached to star in Glow Up, a music drama which he will also produce along with Robbie Brenner, producer of the Sundance award-winning film Burden, PepsiCo's Creators League, Kevin McKeon, and  T.I.’s producing partner, Brian Sher. Music video director Justin Francis has…

In one of the first major buys for the next broadcast development cycle, Fox has given a script commitment with significant penalty to Atlanta’s Most Wanted, a drama starring and executive produced by actor-rapper Tip “T.I.” Harris. The project, from now-indie Jerry Bruckheimer Television in association with Fox…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, The Studio, a music-themed office comedy from Kevin Hart, and rapper-actor Tip "T.I." Harris, has landed at Showtime for development. In addition to executive producing, Hart and T.I. are expected to make occasional guest appearances on the show, from Lionsgate TV. Written by…

Actor and rapper T.I. has signed with CAA for agency representation. His upcoming projects include a starring turn in The Trap, with Mike Epps, which he will also produce under his Grand Hustle Entertainment production banner, along with Flavor Unit and Naptown. Formerly with UTA, T.I.’s  film credits include Ant-Man…

Warner Bros Television has signed a talent holding/development deal with actor and hip-hop artist Tip “T.I.” Harris. Under the pact, the studio will develop potential new series for Harris and also could cast him in an existing project. In television, T.I. has done seasonlong arcs on Showtime’s House Of Lies and Starz…

EXCLUSIVE: Rapper-actor Tip “T.I.” Harris has landed a role opposite Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart in Warner Bros’ Etan Cohen-directed comedy Get Hard. In the Gary Sanchez-produced pic, the self-professed King of the South will play Joaquin, Hart’s streetwise cousin who helps Hart prep Ferrell’s millionaire fraudster…

Rapper-turned-actor T.I. will play a bounty hunter in Identity Thief, the Universal Pictures comedy that stars Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy. T.I.’s character hunts both of them, as Bateman’s character becomes an unlikely companion for McCarthy’s character after she steals his identity. T.I. is co-starring in Kels…

EXCLUSIVE: Rapper-actor T.I. has landed a season-long guest arc on the upcoming second season of the Starz drama series Boss, which begins production in Monday in Chicago. The Lionsgate TV-produced series stars recent Golden Globe winner Kelsey Grammer as ruthless Chicago mayor Tom Kane. T.I. will play Trey, a former…