Regardless of having a really rocky relationship with Starz, 50 Cent continues to land unique programming with the community.
Starz introduced it has greenlit a brand new unique present known as Fightland, which the cable community describes as a “high-octane scripted drama set within the cutthroat, high-stakes, cash-rich world of British boxing.”
Fightland additionally marks one other collaboration between Starz and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson by means of his G-Unit Movie & Tv, who serves as an govt producer on the present.
Starz has ordered eight episodes of the present with manufacturing set to start in London this fall.
“Fightland” follows a disgraced, previously incarcerated boxing champion who returns to London to hunt vengeance in opposition to the crime household he thinks betrayed him. With edge-of-seat motion and populated by harmful characters, it is a world of cash and energy by no means seen earlier than.
50 Cent Anticipates Fightland Being Extra Widespread Than Something He’s Completed Earlier than
“Fightland marks my first internationally produced present by means of my G-Unit Movie & Tv. I’m excited to deliver that world vitality to the display,” mentioned Govt Producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. “I anticipate this to be extra profitable than something I’ve finished earlier than—boxing’s uncooked stakes are gonna take it to a different degree.”
“Set in opposition to the backdrop of the British boxing underground, this collection guarantees to be the proper mixture of character and adrenaline,” mentioned Kathryn Busby, President of Unique Programming for STARZ. “‘ Fightland’ is the type of unapologetically visceral, premium storytelling that STARZ is thought for, and we consider that every dramatic spherical of this compelling drama will depart followers wanting extra.”
50 Cent saying he expects Fightland to be extra profitable than something he’s finished earlier than demonstrates the boldness he has on this present.
Energy, the primary Starz collection he was part of, created by Courtney A. Kemp, is at present one in every of Starz’s hottest unique collection ever.
He additionally has BMF, which is at present in its 4th season, and can also be fashionable amongst tv viewers.
Nevertheless, there may be additionally rigidity between the Queens rapper and the community, which frequently appears to achieve a boiling level, with the “In Da Membership” rapper threatening to drag his reveals off the channel.
We will see if that is still the case when Fightland arrives.
