Taraji. P. Henson To Star In TV Adaptation Of 50 Cent Novel ‘The Accomplice’ In The Works At Peacock

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s novel The Accomplice is being turned into a television series.

Peacock is developing a series adaptation of the book, which Jackson wrote with Aaron Philip Clark and was published last month.

Empire and Hidden Figures star Taraji. P. Henson is attached to lead the drama project. She is set to play Nia Adams, a fearless Texas Ranger on the trail of master thief Desmond Bell, whose latest target is one of America’s wealthiest families. As Adams closes in, she uncovers a conspiracy so explosive it forces her to choose between exposing the truth and protecting the very system she swore to serve.

The project comes from UCP with Jackson’s G-Unit Films and Television, and Henson’s TPH Entertainment also producing. Jackson and Henson also serve as non-writing exec producers. There is no writer attached to the project yet.

It comes days after Henson, who already has a two-picture film deal with Netflix, struck a first-look deal with Fox Entertainment Studios to develop scripted and unscripted projects that she also might star in.

Jackson also has a busy dance card. He just set up British boxing drama Fightland at Starz, which is the home to his Power franchise that includes the original series, Power Book II: Ghost, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Power Book IV: Force, Power: Origins and Power: Legacy.

He is also developing Hip Hop Cop, based on Ron Stallworth’s memoir The Gangs of Zion, at Hulu, and is producing a docuseries about Sean “Diddy” Combs at Netflix.

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