Taraji P. Henson is about to convey her powerhouse performing expertise to Peacock’s upcoming adaptation of 50 Cent’s debut novel “The Accomplice,” marking one other main collaboration between the leisure mogul and a top-tier Hollywood star.

According to Deadline, the “Empire” and “Hidden Figures” actress will star as Nia Adams, a fearless Texas Ranger searching grasp thief Desmond Bell, whose newest goal includes certainly one of America’s wealthiest households.

As Adams closes in on her prey, she discovers a conspiracy so explosive that it forces her to decide on between exposing the reality and defending the system she has sworn to serve.

The challenge is a collaboration between UCP, G-Unit Films and Television, and Henson’s TPH Entertainment. Both 50 and Henson function non-writing govt producers, although no author has been connected but.

“The Accomplice,” co-written with Aaron Philip Clark and printed final month, represents 50 Cent’s literary debut.

The book-to-screen adaptation arrives as Henson continues her sizzling streak, having just lately inked a two-picture movie cope with Netflix and a first-look cope with Fox Entertainment Studios.

Fif’s leisure empire continues increasing at breakneck velocity.

The Hip-Hop mogul has simply invested $50 million in his formidable “50 Cent Economic District” initiative in Shreveport, Louisiana, buying 20 properties throughout town to remodel it right into a Southern media powerhouse.

“In the short period of time, I’ve come to like the people of Shreveport differently,” 50 Cent stated throughout a ceremony the place Mayor Tom Arceneaux introduced him with a key to town. “It feels like home for me, and eventually it’ll be home because I have some work to do.”

According to Gerod Durden, CEO of the Durden Property Group and 50 Cent’s actual property associate, the Queens native is now the biggest personal landowner in Shreveport. The purchases include a $1.02 million multi-lot property at 301 Spring Street and a $150,000 building at 401 Spring Street.

Fifty locked in a 30-year lease for the city-owned Stageworks Louisiana facility for simply $200 a month, giving his G-Unit Films & Television Louisiana LLC full management to supply tv reveals, movies and different content material.

His crew is already mapping out a number of tasks for 2026, together with two actuality reveals, one scripted sequence and a potential characteristic movie.

“I promise you, I’ll overdeliver with Shreveport,” 50 Cent instructed the City Council. “I have programs and plans for the facilities, so you’ll be able to look at the things that are happening throughout the year, and it’ll be actively used in a different way.”

The timing proves strategic as Shreveport was just lately ranked the fifth most “needy” metropolis within the U.S. by a 2024 Wallethub examine, citing excessive unemployment and crime charges. But 50 Cent sees potential the place others see decline, along with his plan together with a proposed two p.c gross sales tax within the Red River District to assist fund redevelopment.

Beyond “The Accomplice,” 50 Cent maintains a packed slate, together with the British boxing drama “Fightland” at Starz, residence to his “Power” franchise, which spans a number of sequence.

He’s additionally growing “hip hop Cop” primarily based on Ron Stallworth’s memoir “The Gangs of Zion” at Hulu and producing a docuseries about Sean “Diddy” Combs at Netflix.

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