The series will be produced by Element Pictures.
UK filmmaker Shane Meadows is to make his first-ever BBC television drama with The Gallows Pole, produced with UK-Irish producers Element Pictures.
The series, based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Benjamin Myers, fictionalises the true story of 18th-century ironworker David Hartley and the Cragg Vale Coiners.
Scheduled to shoot later this year, The Gallows Pole will be produced by Element Pictures, and executive produced by the BBC’s director of drama Piers Wenger and head of development and drama commissioning Tom Lazenby.
Set against the backdrop of the coming industrial revolution in 18th-century Yorkshire,...
UK filmmaker Shane Meadows is to make his first-ever BBC television drama with The Gallows Pole, produced with UK-Irish producers Element Pictures.
The series, based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Benjamin Myers, fictionalises the true story of 18th-century ironworker David Hartley and the Cragg Vale Coiners.
Scheduled to shoot later this year, The Gallows Pole will be produced by Element Pictures, and executive produced by the BBC’s director of drama Piers Wenger and head of development and drama commissioning Tom Lazenby.
Set against the backdrop of the coming industrial revolution in 18th-century Yorkshire,...
- 5/18/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Discovery+ has given a straight-to-series order to Confessions of a Crime Queen, a true crime anthology series from Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and his G-Unit Film & Television banner, Rich Bye and his Goodbye Pictures and Lionsgate Television.
Confessions of a Crime Queen is described as a first-of-its-kind anthology series that brings to life riveting, headline-making stories by combining documentary and scripted genres. Each season will focus on the true story of one larger-than-life woman who created and led a multi-million-dollar criminal empire before a dramatic fall from power. The subject will be portrayed by an A-list actress who will also interview the real life female crime lord at the center of the story. Casting is underway for the first season, expected to debut next year.
“As G-Unit Film & Television continues its rapid growth, we have to think outside the box and challenge ourselves to tell entertaining and important stories in new ways,...
Confessions of a Crime Queen is described as a first-of-its-kind anthology series that brings to life riveting, headline-making stories by combining documentary and scripted genres. Each season will focus on the true story of one larger-than-life woman who created and led a multi-million-dollar criminal empire before a dramatic fall from power. The subject will be portrayed by an A-list actress who will also interview the real life female crime lord at the center of the story. Casting is underway for the first season, expected to debut next year.
“As G-Unit Film & Television continues its rapid growth, we have to think outside the box and challenge ourselves to tell entertaining and important stories in new ways,...
- 5/4/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
ABC has given a big put pilot commitment to Family Affair, a single-camera family comedy with musical elements from husband-and-wife writer-producers Devon and Ranada Shepard, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Universal Music/Polygram Entertainment and ABC Signature.
Written by Devon and Ranada Shepard, Family Affair centers on A-ron, a faded R&b star and committed bachelor whose life is thrown into a tailspin when he’s saddled with raising his sister’s four kids. A-ron is overwhelmed and underwater until he discovers that musical talent runs in the family. These kids can sing! With their sights set on success, A-ron’s about to learn that managing a music group might be hard, but raising four kids is even harder.
The Shepards executive produce with Jackson via his G Unit Film & Television, Blige and Bruce Miller via her Blue Butterfly, David Blackman and Daniel Inkeles for Universal Music/Polygram Entertainment and Noah Rosenberg.
Written by Devon and Ranada Shepard, Family Affair centers on A-ron, a faded R&b star and committed bachelor whose life is thrown into a tailspin when he’s saddled with raising his sister’s four kids. A-ron is overwhelmed and underwater until he discovers that musical talent runs in the family. These kids can sing! With their sights set on success, A-ron’s about to learn that managing a music group might be hard, but raising four kids is even harder.
The Shepards executive produce with Jackson via his G Unit Film & Television, Blige and Bruce Miller via her Blue Butterfly, David Blackman and Daniel Inkeles for Universal Music/Polygram Entertainment and Noah Rosenberg.
- 11/19/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
ABC has given a put pilot order to a musical comedy series that boasts Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Mary J. Blige among its executive producers.
Titled “Family Affair,” the single-camera series follows A-ron, a faded R&b star and committed bachelor whose life is thrown into a tailspin when he’s saddled with raising his sister’s four kids. A-ron is overwhelmed and underwater until he discovers that musical talent runs in the family. With their sights set on success, A-ron’s about to learn that managing a music group might be hard, but raising four kids is even harder.
According to sources, ABC picked up the project after a multi-network bidding war. It has a substantial penalty attached in the high six figure range. ABC has plans to open a writers’ room, with the show representing one of ABC’s largest commitments this season.
Devon and Ranada Shepard will...
Titled “Family Affair,” the single-camera series follows A-ron, a faded R&b star and committed bachelor whose life is thrown into a tailspin when he’s saddled with raising his sister’s four kids. A-ron is overwhelmed and underwater until he discovers that musical talent runs in the family. With their sights set on success, A-ron’s about to learn that managing a music group might be hard, but raising four kids is even harder.
According to sources, ABC picked up the project after a multi-network bidding war. It has a substantial penalty attached in the high six figure range. ABC has plans to open a writers’ room, with the show representing one of ABC’s largest commitments this season.
Devon and Ranada Shepard will...
- 11/19/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Mary J. Blige and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson are teaming up for a comedy series in development at ABC.
The project, titled “Family Affair,” is a single-camera comedy about a faded R&b star and committed bachelor named A-ron, whose life is thrown into a tailspin when he’s saddled with raising his sister’s four kids. A-ron is overwhelmed and underwater until he discovers that musical talent runs in the family.
Devon and Ranada Shepard are writers and executive producers on the project, alongside Jackson via his G-Unit banner. Also executive producing are Blige and Bruce Miller of Blue Butterfly Productions and David Blackman and Daniel Inkeles of Universal Music’s film and TV division, Polygram.
Noah Rosenberg is also an executive producer on the series, which hails from ABC Signature.
Jackson’s prolific G-Unit Film & Television production company is behind the ABC legal drama “For Life,” as...
The project, titled “Family Affair,” is a single-camera comedy about a faded R&b star and committed bachelor named A-ron, whose life is thrown into a tailspin when he’s saddled with raising his sister’s four kids. A-ron is overwhelmed and underwater until he discovers that musical talent runs in the family.
Devon and Ranada Shepard are writers and executive producers on the project, alongside Jackson via his G-Unit banner. Also executive producing are Blige and Bruce Miller of Blue Butterfly Productions and David Blackman and Daniel Inkeles of Universal Music’s film and TV division, Polygram.
Noah Rosenberg is also an executive producer on the series, which hails from ABC Signature.
Jackson’s prolific G-Unit Film & Television production company is behind the ABC legal drama “For Life,” as...
- 11/19/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is adding to his already deep roster of shows at Starz, with the premium cabler developing two new shows on which Jackson will serve as executive producer under his rich Starz overall deal. Both shows will be produced by Jackson’s G-Unit Film & Television.
The first series is an untitled drama inspired by the life of sports agent and attorney Nicole Lynn. The series follows the rise of a determined young, African-American woman as she breaks through and climbs to the top of the highly competitive and male dominated world of sports agents. It is inspired by events that shaped Lynn on her path to becoming the first Black woman to represent a top 3 NFL draft pick, a fierce advocate for her legal clients, and a breath of fresh air in a male-dominated industry.
Tash Grey, who has also worked as a writer and co-executive producer...
The first series is an untitled drama inspired by the life of sports agent and attorney Nicole Lynn. The series follows the rise of a determined young, African-American woman as she breaks through and climbs to the top of the highly competitive and male dominated world of sports agents. It is inspired by events that shaped Lynn on her path to becoming the first Black woman to represent a top 3 NFL draft pick, a fierce advocate for her legal clients, and a breath of fresh air in a male-dominated industry.
Tash Grey, who has also worked as a writer and co-executive producer...
- 9/14/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Rapper and actor Clifford Harris Jr., better known as T.I., has agreed to pay $75,000 to the U.S. government in order to settle charges related to a fraudulent Initial Coin Offering (Ico).
Under the terms of the settlement, T.I., who last month was cast in a new CBS All Access series Twenty Four Seven, has also agreed not to participate in or promote digital-asset securities for at least five years.
The charges allege that Atlanta-based film producer Ryan Felton launched ICOs for two companies, FLiK and CoinSpark. Rather than using the funds to build the platforms he promised ...
Under the terms of the settlement, T.I., who last month was cast in a new CBS All Access series Twenty Four Seven, has also agreed not to participate in or promote digital-asset securities for at least five years.
The charges allege that Atlanta-based film producer Ryan Felton launched ICOs for two companies, FLiK and CoinSpark. Rather than using the funds to build the platforms he promised ...
- 9/11/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Rapper and actor Clifford Harris Jr., better known as T.I., has agreed to pay $75,000 to the U.S. government in order to settle charges related to a fraudulent Initial Coin Offering (Ico).
Under the terms of the settlement, T.I., who last month was cast in a new CBS All Access series Twenty Four Seven, has also agreed not to participate in or promote digital-asset securities for at least five years.
The charges allege that Atlanta-based film producer Ryan Felton launched ICOs for two companies, FLiK and CoinSpark. Rather than using the funds to build the platforms he promised ...
Under the terms of the settlement, T.I., who last month was cast in a new CBS All Access series Twenty Four Seven, has also agreed not to participate in or promote digital-asset securities for at least five years.
The charges allege that Atlanta-based film producer Ryan Felton launched ICOs for two companies, FLiK and CoinSpark. Rather than using the funds to build the platforms he promised ...
- 9/11/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Continue reading: TV Casting: The Wheel Of Time, Twenty Four Seven, Margaret Qualley in Maid, & More...
- 8/27/2020
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson doesn’t think he can be canceled.
The rapper and television producer, whose newest project, “Power Book II: Ghost” premieres on Starz Sept. 6, said during Variety‘s Entertainment Marketing Summit presented by Deloitte that he doesn’t care whether people love him or hate him – as long as they care.
“I’m an entertainer, so to entertain is, I believe, to provoke emotion,” Jackson told Variety‘s Andrew Wallenstein. “…I don’t believe I can be canceled. They gotta go to jail to get canceled, they gotta shoot a girl,” he said, possibly referencing rapper Tory Lanez’s alleged shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. “You gotta do something extremely bad to be canceled, and I think it’s so unfair to the people that are canceled.”
50 certainly isn’t a stranger to risk, whether that be on social media or within the entertainment industry. When “Power...
The rapper and television producer, whose newest project, “Power Book II: Ghost” premieres on Starz Sept. 6, said during Variety‘s Entertainment Marketing Summit presented by Deloitte that he doesn’t care whether people love him or hate him – as long as they care.
“I’m an entertainer, so to entertain is, I believe, to provoke emotion,” Jackson told Variety‘s Andrew Wallenstein. “…I don’t believe I can be canceled. They gotta go to jail to get canceled, they gotta shoot a girl,” he said, possibly referencing rapper Tory Lanez’s alleged shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. “You gotta do something extremely bad to be canceled, and I think it’s so unfair to the people that are canceled.”
50 certainly isn’t a stranger to risk, whether that be on social media or within the entertainment industry. When “Power...
- 8/26/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Tip “T.I.” Harris are teaming up to bring NYPD’s first hip-hop cop to CBS All Access.
Actor/rapper Harris (House of Lies, Boss) will star in the streamer’s potential drama Twenty Four Seven, based on the book Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations from NYPD’s First “Hip-Hop Cop” by Derrick Parker and Matt Diehl, our sister site Deadline reports. Parker (played by Harris) worked on some of the biggest criminal cases in rap history, including the shooting at Club New York...
Actor/rapper Harris (House of Lies, Boss) will star in the streamer’s potential drama Twenty Four Seven, based on the book Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations from NYPD’s First “Hip-Hop Cop” by Derrick Parker and Matt Diehl, our sister site Deadline reports. Parker (played by Harris) worked on some of the biggest criminal cases in rap history, including the shooting at Club New York...
- 8/26/2020
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
‘Twenty Four Seven’ TV Series From Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson Starring T.I. In Works At CBS All Access
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is behind Twenty Four Seven, a drama starring T.I. Inspired by Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations from NYPD’s First “Hip-Hop Cop.”
CBS All Access is in final negotiations for the project, which will be produced by CBS TV Studios and Lionsgate TV where Jackson is based under his mega deal with Lionsgate-owned Starz. Jackson revealed details about the drama on Instagram.
Twenty Four Seven is being written by Dallas Jackson based on the book by Derrick Parker and Matt Diehl. The book centers on Parker (who will be played by T.I.). He worked on some of the biggest criminal cases in rap history, from the shooting at Club New York to the first shooting of Tupac Shakur.
Curtis Jackson executive produces through his G Unit Film & Television along with Dallas Jackson, T.
CBS All Access is in final negotiations for the project, which will be produced by CBS TV Studios and Lionsgate TV where Jackson is based under his mega deal with Lionsgate-owned Starz. Jackson revealed details about the drama on Instagram.
Twenty Four Seven is being written by Dallas Jackson based on the book by Derrick Parker and Matt Diehl. The book centers on Parker (who will be played by T.I.). He worked on some of the biggest criminal cases in rap history, from the shooting at Club New York to the first shooting of Tupac Shakur.
Curtis Jackson executive produces through his G Unit Film & Television along with Dallas Jackson, T.
- 8/26/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS All Access is developing a series with Tip “T.I.” Harris attached to star and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson onboard as an executive producer, Variety has learned.
The project is currently titled “Twenty Four Seven.” It is based on the book “Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations from NYPD’s First ‘Hip-Hop Cop'” by Parker and Matt Diehl.
CBS All Access declined to comment.
Dallas Jackson is attached to writer and executive produce the project. 50 Cent will executive produce under his G Unit Film & Television banner. Harris will also executive produce via Grand Hustle Entertainment. Brian Sher and Tom Sullivan will also executive produce. CBS Television Studios and Lionsgate Television will produce.
In addition to his music career, Harris has been active as an actor for several years. His feature credits include Marvel’s “Ant Man” as well...
The project is currently titled “Twenty Four Seven.” It is based on the book “Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations from NYPD’s First ‘Hip-Hop Cop'” by Parker and Matt Diehl.
CBS All Access declined to comment.
Dallas Jackson is attached to writer and executive produce the project. 50 Cent will executive produce under his G Unit Film & Television banner. Harris will also executive produce via Grand Hustle Entertainment. Brian Sher and Tom Sullivan will also executive produce. CBS Television Studios and Lionsgate Television will produce.
In addition to his music career, Harris has been active as an actor for several years. His feature credits include Marvel’s “Ant Man” as well...
- 8/26/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Tina Turner has come out of retirement at age 80 to release a Kygo remix of her 1984 mega hit, “What’s Love Got to Do With It.” The new dancefloor-ready rendition also comes with a new visual.
In the Sarah Bahbah-directed video, Laura Harrier and Charles Michael Davis star as star-crossed lovers who, despite looking on paper as having a strong and playful relationship, behind the scenes the couple lacks a deep emotional connection to last. In the end, one of them must walk away.
“I couldn’t be more excited to collaborate with Tina Turner,...
In the Sarah Bahbah-directed video, Laura Harrier and Charles Michael Davis star as star-crossed lovers who, despite looking on paper as having a strong and playful relationship, behind the scenes the couple lacks a deep emotional connection to last. In the end, one of them must walk away.
“I couldn’t be more excited to collaborate with Tina Turner,...
- 7/17/2020
- by Claire Shaffer and Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
From The Long Good Friday to TwentyFourSeven, we look back at the career of the powerhouse actor who worked with some of the best directors in the business
Bob Hoskins dies aged 71
Xan Brooks: Bob Hoskins - five-foot-six cubic and bursting with brilliance
After getting his first theatre role by accident he only went along to support a friend at an audition Hoskins' screen career got off the ground in 1978 with Dennis Potter's Pennies from Heaven, a six-part series for the BBC; he played sheet-music salesman with a penchant for showtunes and extramarital affairs.
He then moved on to what is still his defining role The Long Good Friday, still the benchmark for Brit gangster thrillers, and one that still towers over the pale imitators of recent vintage. Hoskins' performance as aspirational hoodlum Harold Shand, ambushed by the Ira, was an absolute barnstormer, filled with instantly quotable lines and beautifully detailed performance.
Bob Hoskins dies aged 71
Xan Brooks: Bob Hoskins - five-foot-six cubic and bursting with brilliance
After getting his first theatre role by accident he only went along to support a friend at an audition Hoskins' screen career got off the ground in 1978 with Dennis Potter's Pennies from Heaven, a six-part series for the BBC; he played sheet-music salesman with a penchant for showtunes and extramarital affairs.
He then moved on to what is still his defining role The Long Good Friday, still the benchmark for Brit gangster thrillers, and one that still towers over the pale imitators of recent vintage. Hoskins' performance as aspirational hoodlum Harold Shand, ambushed by the Ira, was an absolute barnstormer, filled with instantly quotable lines and beautifully detailed performance.
- 4/30/2014
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
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