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50 Cent’s ‘African Warrior Queen Nzinga’ Starz Drama Series Casts Yetide Badaki As Main Star
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Despite beefing with the network now and then, 50 Cent and Starz will team up to bring us another original series. Deadline reports that Starz is developing a series based on the life of African Warrior Queen Nzinga, and Yetide Badaki (American Gods) will star in the leading role. Badaki will also be serving as an executive producer alongside Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson, who stays securing a bag from the network thanks to Power which has now spawned a drug dealing universe of spinoff shows and his latest hit, BMF. Spartacus creator Steven S. DeKnight and Mo Abudu, who runs the Nigerian-based media company EbonyLife, will also serve as executive producers. The show’s synopsis per Deadline reads: Queen Nzinga takes place ...
Starz Greenlights Party Down Revival with Original Cast
It’s time to re-knot up those pink bowties, because a Party Down revival has been greenlit by Starz with a six-episode order. Co-creator Rob Thomas (who previously resuscitated Veronica Mars) is bringing back the original producing team, which included fellow co-creators John Enbom, Paul Rudd, and Dan Etheridge. Enbom will also return as showrunner, corralling the now-all-star cast of Ken Marino, Adam Scott, Jane Lynch, Martin Starr, Ryan Hansen, and Megan Mullally. However, original series regular Lizzy Caplan will not be returning; Deadline reports that she encountered scheduling conflicts for the FX series Fleishman Is in Trouble, and she recently signed on to a reboot of Fatal Attraction. “At the end of 2019, the Party Down cast and producers were all reun...
Eminem to Star as White Boy Rick in 50 Cent’s New Show BMF
50 Cent is working on a new TV series called BMF about the legendary Black Mafia Family for Starz. Today, he revealed that Eminem will join the cast as a guest star for arguably the most fitting role of his career: White Boy Rick, the infamous Detroit teenager turned undercover FBI informant. This is Eminem’s first TV part since he played a fictionalized version of himself in Entourage in 2010. He also had a role as himself in Funny People (2009), an uncredited cameo in 2014’s The Interview, and he made a prank phone call for Crank Yankers in 2004. Considering White Boy Rick’s pivotal role in taking down the BMF, this might be Eminem’s meatiest role since 8 Mile. BMF is inspired by the true story of two brothers from southwest Detroit who became one ...
Starz’s ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ First Trailer Previews The Ruthless Drug Lord’s Introduction To Street Life
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Starz / Power Book III: Raising Kanan The Powerverse (yes, it’s a thing) is set to expand this July. Starz has just delivered the first trailer for Power Book III: Raising Kanan. The show described as a “sprawling family drama,” takes place in Queens in the early 90s serves also serves as a coming-of-age story detailing how Power’s boogeyman and Ghost and Tommy’s mentor Kanan (Mekai Curtis) became ruthless drug lord we loved and hated leading up to his death in season 8 of the Starz hit drama. Here is the official synopsis per Starz: Set in South Jamaica, Queens, in 1991, “Raising Kanan” is a prequel to the original “Power” franchise. It is a sprawling family drama that revolves around the coming of age of Kanan Stark, Ghost and Tommy’s mentor, partner, a...
50 Cent Hints He Is Ready To Ditch Starz After Claiming The Network Was Upset With Him
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 It looks like 50 Cent is eager to take his talents to a new network. 50 Cent is notorious for his “issues” with Starz, the network that is the home to his hit show Power and universe of spinoffs. It seems the relationship between them has finally run its course. The latest fallout between the two entities stems from Hip-Hop mogul being too eager to share casting news. The G-Unit general revealed that Patina Miller would be joining the cast of Power Book III: Raising Kanan. Starz was not too thrilled that he shared that information, despite the series being partly created by the rapper. 50 Cent wasn’t shy about sharing his grief with the network, hinting that he is ready to move on from Starz writing on Instagram, “STARZ i...
Well That Was Fast: ‘Power Book II: Ghost’ Renewed By Starz For A 2nd Season
Source: Starz / Power Book II: Ghost Power never ends. No, seriously, it doesn’t. Starz wasted no time in approving the Michael Rainey Jr.-led Power Book II: Ghost spinoff for a second season. Deadline reports following the shows record-setting premiere, it was a no-brainer for Starz to bring Power Book II: Ghost back for a second season. The show serves as the first spinoff from executive producers Courtney A. Kemp and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson in Power universe. In its premiere week, the show had an impressive 7.5 million viewership across multiple platforms, making it the most-watched show in the network’s history. The show also broke records on the Starz app, which saw subscriber acquisition up 42%. The show broke records internationally as well. It was the top-performing series across ...
Hate It Or Love It: 50 Cent Inks Deal With Starz To Develop Female Sports Agent, Hip-Hop Anthology Drama Series
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz If there’s one thing 50 Cent knows how to do, it’s creating quality television for the culture. We know it, and Starz knows it, too. That’s why the network announced their new deal with the Queens rapper to develop two original scripted series for our screens. Fif will develop both series as an executive producer through his G-Unit Film and Television imprint under his exclusive four-year deal with the premium network. The first project follows the successful climb of a young, ambitious Black woman breaking through the obstacles of the highly competitive and male-dominated world of sports agents. The show might have the makings of being an instant hit with “Snowfall” and “Raising Kanan” script genius Tash Grey attached as executive producer and...
Starz Announces ‘Power Book II: Ghost’ Will Premiere In September
Source: Starz / Starz You knew Power wasn’t going to let a pandemic, or a series finale, slow down its flow for too long. STARZ has announced that its new series Power Book II: Ghost will premiere in September. SPOILERS ahead if you aren’t caught on Power. You’ve been warned. As for the premise of the new series: “Power Book II: Ghost” picks up shortly after the earth-shattering events of “Power” as Tariq St. Patrick grapples with a new world order: his father dead and his mother, Tasha, facing charges for the murder her son committed. Not to mention the academic rigors of the Ivy League university Tariq is attending to earn his inheritance. Truly on his own for the first time in his life, Tariq is forced to split his time between school and hustling to pay for Davis MacLean, the fame-hung...
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