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Starz has group nan premiere for its caller series, Fightland, for Friday, July 31. The show will premiere pinch 1 section that will beryllium followed by caller episodes dropping connected nan aforesaid nighttime weekly. First-look photos of nan family crime play tin beryllium recovered below.
Executive-produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson done his G-Unit Film & Television, Fightland follows a disgraced, formerly incarcerated boxing champion who returns to London to activity vengeance against nan crime syndicate he thinks betrayed him. With edge-of-seat action and populated by vulnerable characters, this is simply a world of money and powerfulness ne'er seen before.
On nan nighttime Duke Kilroy (Howard Charles) becomes world heavyweight champion, a vicious battle leaves his brother, Calvin, dead, causing Duke to threat and resulting successful him spending 8 years successful a U.S. prison. Upon his release, and aft having made a sinister discovery, Duke returns location seeking vengeance against nan man he believes group him up — nan criminal kingpin and erstwhile promoter, Kingsley Marshall (Nicholas Pinnock). But Kingsley has vanished, leaving his children and wife, Joy (Deborah Ayorinde), who happens to beryllium nan emotion of Duke’s life, to prime up nan pieces.
Working pinch a cartel hopeless to power London’s supplier market, Duke originates a high-risk crippled of infiltrating Kingsley’s empire to destruct it from wrong and fume retired his enemy. But amidst a volatile criminal landscape, and competing influences threatening to propulsion him disconnected course, Duke will request to transmission everything that made him a champion combatant into his bloody pursuit to triumph nan eventual triumph – revenge for his brother.
In summation to Charles, Pinnock, and Ayorinde, Fightland stars Anita-Joy Uwajeh arsenic Cebella “Cece” Marshall, Charles Babalola arsenic Ezekiel “Zeek” Marshall, Tahirah Sharif arsenic Kim Harper, Tyler Conti arsenic Justin “Jay” Hall, and Richard Pepple arsenic Gary “Gazzer” Kilroy.
The bid is created by Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan & Marlon Smith, who besides service arsenic executive producers and writers, and Damione Macedon (Power, BMF) & Raphael Jackson Jr. (Power, BMF), who service arsenic showrunners, executive producers and writers.
Jackson executive produces done his G-Unit Film & Television, on pinch Francis Hopkinson and Kate Leadbetter of Expanded Media, who besides produce. Otto Bathurst directs and executive produces nan first 2 episodes. Fightland is Starz’s first wholly owned bid arsenic nan web continues to bolster its afloat owned programming pipeline arsenic a standalone company.
More first-look photos tin beryllium recovered below.
