Energy participant Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has discovered a brand new struggle at Starz.
The rapper/govt producer is creating Fightland, adrama concerning the tumultuous world of British boxing, TVLine has discovered.
The potential sequence will observe a retired — and disgraced — world champion fighter who’s pulled into the darkish facet of the game after his childhood finest good friend and coaching companion goes lacking. “To avoid wasting his good friend,” the official synopsis reads, “the troubled fighter must return to a lifestyle that almost destroyed him — one which price him every part to go away behind.”
Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan and Marlon Smith (Channel 4’s Run) will write the venture. Jackson will function an EP alongside Francis Hopkinson (Wallander) and Katharine Leadbetter (Lady in White).
“Fightland embodies the stakes, swagger and ambition that collaborations between STARZ and 50 Cent have come to symbolize,” mentioned Kathryn Busby, president, authentic programming at Starz mentioned through assertion. “We’re excited to be working with Daniel and Marlon who’re good writers and whose genuine take will carry this world story to life.”
Along with Fightland, Jackson at the moment has the Energy spinoffs Guide II: Ghost, Guide III: Elevating Kanan and Guide IV: Pressure at Starz, in addition to BMF, which quickly will return for Season 2. As well as, his G-Unit Movie & Tv is also creating the scripted sequence Queen Nzinga, starring American Gods‘ Yetide Badaki, on the community.
