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Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Starz Sets British Boxing Drama ‘Fightland' From Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson
Starz has greenlit the drama project Fightland, a high-octane scripted series set in the cutthroat, high-stakes, cash-rich world of British boxing. Executive produced by Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson through his G-Unit Film & Television, the series delivers a gripping story of redemption, betrayal, and brutal ambition in and out of the ring. Starz has ordered eight episodes of the crime drama, with production slated to begin this fall in London. More from Deadline Sean 'Diddy' Combs Docuseries Produced by 50 Cent Officially Set At Netflix In Da Anti-Clemency Club: No Sean 'Diddy' Combs Pardon From Trump, 50 Cent Vows 'Power': Starz Opening Writers Room On New Spinoff As 'Origins' Development Progresses According to the show's logline, Fightland follows a disgraced, formerly incarcerated boxing champion who returns to London to seek vengeance against the crime family he thinks betrayed him. With edge-of-seat action and populated by dangerous characters, this is a world of money and power never seen before. 'Fightland marks my first internationally produced show through my G-Unit Film & Television. I am excited to bring that global energy to the screen,' said Jackson. 'I anticipate this to be more successful than anything I've done before—boxing's raw stakes are gonna take it to another level.' Fightland joined Jackson's multiple other successful series at Starz, including the 'Power' franchise crime dramas: Power (2014), Power Book II: Ghost (2020), Power Book III: Raising Kanan, and Power Book IV: Force, with two more titles currently in development, Power: Origins and, as Deadline just revealed exclusively this week, Power: Legacy (w/t), which is expected to star Joseph Sikora and Michael Rainey Jr. Jackson will executive produce through his G-Unit Film & Television, along with Francis Hopkinson (Wallander, Bancroft) and Kate Leadbetter (Woman in White, Catherine the Great) of Expanded Media, who will also produce. The series also reunites Starz with Damione Macedon (Power, BMF) and Raphael Jackson Jr. (Power, BMF), who will serve as showrunners, executive producers, and writers. Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan and Marlon Smith will serve as executive producers and writers. RELATED: Jackson is repped by IAG and attorney Stephen Savva. Best of Deadline 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More 'Stick' Release Guide: When Do New Episodes Come Out? 'Stick' Soundtrack: All The Songs You'll Hear In The Apple TV+ Golf Series
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson's Action Channel Launches In UK: 'This Is Big – I've Got A Huge Audience Out Here'
EXCLUSIVE: Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson is taking his action channel to kick ass overseas. Just six months after the 50 Cent Action Channel debuted as a FAST channel in partnership with Lionsgate in the U.S., it has launched as a subscription service in the UK via Prime Video Channels, we can reveal. More from Deadline Glenn Close & Billy Porter Join Cast Of Lionsgate's 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping' - CineEurope Why 'Ballerina' Didn't Leap Into The Rafters With $25M Opening - Sunday AM Box Office Update 'The Hunting Wives' Moves To Netflix For U.S. Following Lionsgate & Starz Separation; Premiere Date Set In an exclusive interview with Deadline, Jackson said the UK was always likely to be the channel's first overseas home. 'You know, everybody loves London,' he explained. 'If you're from New York, or you're a recording artist from America in general, the first stop and your first dose of international love is London.' The UK might start to feel like a second home for rapper, actor and producer Jackson this year, with three June tour dates plus last week's announcement of Fightland, a Starz series set in the east London boxing world that he is exec producing. Fightland goes into production this year. The news marks the first international expansion for Jackson's FAST network. As opposed to the FAST distribution in the U.S., the UK network is being offered as a Prime Video add-on for £3.99 ($5.43) a month following a seven-day free trial. It launched just before Jackson headlined the Parklife Concert Festival in Manchester, UK, on Saturday (June 14), and QR codes linking to the free trial offer were distributed at the concert. Jackson and Lionsgate also see an opportunity to tap into the rapper's original UK fanbase, many of whom are now into middle-age after buying his first albums in the early 2000s. 'My audience, my core audience – the people that were enjoying my music in the very beginning – is at home,' he said. 'They're older. They'll understand the entertainment choices that I make creatively. I've used music to merge with entertainment.' Lionsgate library and originals plans 50 Cent Action includes the 'In Da Club' rapper's favorite films and television series, action films such as Kill Bill: Volume 1 & 2, The Expendables, Righteous Kill, Nightcrawler and Mechanic: Resurrection, and many other films and television series drawn from Lionsgate's library comprising up to 1,000 hours of content. Jackson and Lionsgate have a long-standing relationship with the latter owning Power network Starz until last year and continuing to sell the crime drama series internationally. 'It's been a cool partnership because they've been able to completely engage and get involved and they really enjoyed the concept, too,' said Jackson. He told Deadline the more 50 Cent Action expands, the more likely it is we'll see original programs on the channel. 'There's an opportunity for me to launch originals that wouldn't even pitch out to the other networks,' he added. 'Creatively, I'll make it and put it onto the platform. You know you'll be ahead of the curve just following the culture.' In the U.S., where Jackson and Lionsgate first partnered, 50 Cent Action has become the top action channel on The Roku Channel and LG Channels, as we revealed in April. It's also available on Prime Video, Plex, DirecTV, Vizio and Xumo. While it will be an SVoD proposition in the UK, 50 Cent Action is considered one of the first talent-led FAST networks, using the power – pun intended – of 50 Cent's personality to drive fan engagement editorially and through direct social media. Jackson said this connection was crucial to the success. 'I don't think that they've figured out how to market the FAST channels,' said Jackson, noting that many simply repeat one popular show, limiting the scope and ambition. 'They just package portions of their content, put it up and let it roll, instead of trying to figure out a whole brand, a whole vibe. I want my FAST channel to feel like a cable network.' Jackson admitted that being able to 'reach 110 million people through my phone' at any time does give him a unique advantage, as he outlined how he keeps his followers in the loop. 'It's on my mind all the time,' he said. 'I end up talking about it or I hashtag the actual '50 Cent Action', or the concept of a show, and then it works. It results in being number one on Roku and LG platforms.' 'Being able to launch out here [in the UK] is big because I have a huge audience here that hasn't been able to participate with us. Now they get a chance to see it.' 'Staying tapped in' Social media has been a huge part of 50 Cent's public persona, with his cheeky digs at long-term rival Sean 'Diddy' Combs' very public legal troubles and other public issues keeping fans engaged. Jackson said 'staying tapped in' to his audience's experience has been vital, adding that this is part of the reason why he's recently been commenting socially on the very public beef between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. 'It's [about] going into other relatable things that [the audience sees], because they're subject to it too,' he said. 'I've said stuff about Elon and Trump not getting along. You can't miss it. I don't have political aspirations, but you still see and still understand that there's something else that's going on there.' 50 Cent has sold more than 30 million albums around the world, while his Power drama series universe at Starz has been expanding as fast as Ghost's criminal empire, with Deadline revealing last week that two new spin-offs are in the works. The latest, which is currently untitled, comes from Gary Lennon (Power Book IV: Force) and Kendra Chapman (Power Book IV: Force), with Lennon also serving as showrunner. A writers room for the project, also known as Power: Legacy, will open soon. There were rumors one of the Power spin-offs could be set in the UK's capital, but Jackson has just had Fightland – a boxing drama series set in London – greenlit at Starz, which spun out of Lionsgate last year. Jackson is exec-producing through G-Unit Film & Television. The plot will follow a disgraced, formerly incarcerated boxing champion who returns to London to seek vengeance against the crime family he thinks betrayed him. Jackson has also pushed into true crime through the likes of Peacock's The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets, which launched last week, and an upcoming Netflix doc about Combs that will address the recent charges facing the music mogul, including sex trafficking and racketeering, along with multiple allegations of sexual assault and violent abusive behavior. Expect more on that front, with Jackson planning to expand the number of projects he exec-produces. He noted how he had learned to produce and create in different genres and mediums to keep himself fresh. 'It's amazing, because I met the audience as '50 Cent,' the entertainer, the rapper,' he said. 'Then when they see you consistently have success on a whole other genre, they go, 'wow,' because it's not like everybody's pivoting well. A lot of people stay in that same space. They're just known for that one thing that they've done great, and it's just that, the whole way. But I can't escape my passion for film and television, it just came through music first.' Jackson is repped by IAG, attorney Steve Savva and AKR Public Relations. { pmcCnx({ settings: { plugins: { pmcAtlasMG: { iabPlcmt: 1, }, pmcCnx: { singleAutoPlay: 'auto' } } }, playerId: "32fe25c4-79aa-406a-af44-69b41e969e71", mediaId: "6527b9e0-1c96-4081-b77d-45ee1c265a9d", }).render("connatix_player_6527b9e0-1c96-4081-b77d-45ee1c265a9d_2"); }); Best of Deadline 'Bachelor in Paradise' Cast Announcement: See Who Is Headed To The Beach For Season 10 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery
UPI
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
'Fightland' series from 50 Cent to explore world of British boxing
1 of 3 | Curtis "50 Cent' Jackson (L) is joined by his girlfriend Jamira Haines during an unveiling ceremony honoring Jackson with the 2,686th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2020. He is behind a new series about British boxing for Starz. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo June 13 (UPI) -- Music artist, actor and producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is set to executive produce the drama series Fightland, Starz announced Friday. The show follows underground boxing in Britain, and filming kicks off in London later this year. The eight-episode series follows a boxing champion who returns to London after doing time "to seek vengeance against the crime family he thinks betrayed him," according to an official synopsis. The series is produced through 50 Cent's G-Unit Film & Television. "I anticipate this to be more successful than anything I've done before," he said in a press release. "Boxing's raw stakes are gonna take it to another level." 50 Cent's production company is behind Starz's Power franchise and For Life on ABC.
