Starz Developing 'Bone Parish' Series with 50 Cent as EP
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- Starz is developing a TV series based on Cullen Bunn and Jonas Scharf's graphic novel "Bone Parish," with Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson set as executive producer.
- The crime series is set in New Orleans, where the Winters family builds a drug empire from ashes of the dead that grant visions of the past, as rival factions and supernatural forces close in.
- Jackson said in a statement the story "takes crime, family, and power, and mixes it with something dark and supernatural, in a way that feels fresh."
- Diane Ademu-John and Declan de Barra, whose credits include "Dune: Prophecy" and "The Witcher: Blood Origin," will serve as showrunners and executive producers.
- The project extends Jackson's Starz relationship, which already includes "Power: Origins," the recently greenlit "Power: Legacy," and boxing crime drama "Fightland" set to release July 31.
Why it matters: With "Power: Origins," "Power: Legacy," and now "Bone Parish," 50 Cent's G-Unit banner has become one of Starz's most active programming engines — and the choice of showrunners with prestige fantasy credits (Dune: Prophecy, Witcher: Blood Origin) marks a deliberate push beyond the urban crime dramas that built Jackson's prior Starz track record.
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