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EXCLUSIVE: On April 1, 50 Cent teased his societal media followers that Hulu was paying $75M for a caller doc astir nan rapper, beating retired Starz, Netflix and Apple.
Given nan timing it was intelligibly an April Fool’s Day joke, right? Not entirely, it seems.
Deadline understands that nan Disney-owned streamer has, successful fact, greenlit a caller documentary bid astir nan man calved Curtis Jackson.
The three-part bid will show Jackson’s communicative from starting retired successful Queens, getting changeable by 9 bullets and becoming 1 of nan astir successful rappers successful nan world, trading much than 30 cardinal records.
Per nan logline, nan “definitive” documentary will chronicle nan improvement of 50 Cent—from nan streets of Queens to world taste dominance—exploring really he relentlessly reinvented himself crossed music, business, and movie while redefining nan rules of power, influence, and success. Through an friendly and revealing lens, nan bid portrays a fig who has consistently transformed conflict and adversity into enduring taste impact.
Jackon collapsed retired pinch his 2003 grounds Get Rich aliases Die Tryin’, which featured nan azygous In Da Club. He moved into tv and movie pinch Starz’s Power and its extended universe. Jackson was besides down deed Netflix documentary bid Sean Combs: The Reckoning.
The untitled task is directed by Mandon Lovett, who directed Paramount+’s For Khadija: The French Montana Story, Origins of Hip-Hop and Hulu’s Rap Caviar Presents. It is produced by The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC), which produced Rap Caviar Presents, and Jackson’s G-Unit Film & Television.
Patrick Altema, who produced CNN’s Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street and Amazon’s Free Meek, will service arsenic showrunner. He will exec nutrient alongside Jackson, Lovett and IPC’s Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman, who conscionable near Sony Pictures Television.
It marks nan latest euphony documentary task for Hulu, which is besides down Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story and Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band.
Jackson is represented by IAG, and lawyer Stephen J. Savva.
