50 Cent's Series About Wrongfully Convicted Black Man Isaac Wright Jr. Gets Picked Up By ABC Network

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Untitled Hank Steinberg/Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson drama

Logline: A serialized legal and family drama about a prisoner who becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn't commit. His quest for freedom is driven by his desperate desire to get back to the family he loves and reclaim the life that was stolen from him. The show will also, through the window of his ferocious struggle and complicated relationship with a progressive female prison warden, examine the flaws and challenges in the penal and legal systems.

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Team: W/EP Hank Steinberg (The Last Ship), EP/D George Tillman Jr. (The Hate U Give), EP Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson (Power), Isaac Wright Jr., Doug Robinson, Alison Greenspan

Studio: Sony Pictures TV, ABC Studios, G-Unit Film & Television, Doug Robinson Productions

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50 Cent’s planned TV series based on the life if Isaac Wright Jr. is in development at ABC, Variety has learned.

The untitled series would tell the story of Wright, who was wrongfully convicted as the kingpin behind one of the largest drug distribution networks in New Jersey. He now practices law in the same courtroom where he was sentenced to life behind bars. In prison, Wright studied the law and worked as a proxy-lawyer, writing briefs and motions that judges said were better crafted than Harvard law scholars, to overturn the convictions of over 20 fellow inmates and ultimately to exonerate himself. He now works as a lawyer defending the wrongly accused and going after corrupt institutions.

50 Cent, a.k.a Curtis Jackson, will executive produce along with Wright, Doug Robinson, and Alison Greenspan. Hank Steinberg is the writer and executive producer on the project. Sony Pictures Television will produce. It was announced last year that 50 Cent was planning to develop a series based on Wright’s life.

News of the development comes shortly after Variety exclusively reported that 50 Cent has signed a new a new four-year overall deal with Starz. The new deal includes a three-series commitment, the addition of a dedicated development executive, and a discretionary fund for use in developing G-Unit projects. He is repped by APA and attorneys Stephen Savva and Eric Feig.

Steinberg is the co-creator and showrunner on TNT’s “The Last Ship,” which is currently airing its fifth and final season. He also created the series “Without a Trace,” which aired for seven seasons on CBS. He is repped by WME and 3 Arts Entertainment.
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At what point does raising awareness stop being enough? And it's 2018 who exactly is being made aware of what?


Yall big uppin 50 but how is this TV show something we really want depicting us? Getting abused unfairly treated seemingly powerless just to appeal to the same judicial that put u through the ordeal? Or how about power? A show about a n*gga with the world at his fingertips and he can't resist the urge to sell drugs....



Won't be watching this some c00n sh*t foreal
 
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