50 Cent‘s immense success in the film and television space is entering its next phase as the mogul continues to expand his empire.
On Wednesday (March 13), the G-Unit boss announced that the critically acclaimed Power franchise is being developed further with a spin-off centered on the original show’s leading characters
You asked, I answered,” he captioned an Instagram post in which he revealed that a prequel project is in the works. “Young Ghost and Tommy coming your way. Power Origins now in development.” Whether Omari Hardwick (Ghost) or Joseph Sikora (Tommy) are involved in the project is yet to be revealed.
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Last year, Fif received approval from the Shreveport City Council to take over a massive studio in the southern city to base his G-Unit Film & TV division out of. The lease will cost him $2,400 annually for 30 years, after which he can renew it for 15 more if he pleases.
“All roads lead to Shreveport, this is a game changer,” he wrote on Instagram next to an image of a broadcast news story about his endeavor. “Mayor Tom Arceneaux is one of the smartest guys I ever met in my life. Watch how many jobs are created as result of this.”
The month prior, city council members introduced legislation for the lease of the Millennium Movie Studio as a base for the mogul’s entertainment company.
Soon after it was greenlit, he shared a photo of the colossal brick estate on social media and wrote: “All Roads lead to Shreveport if you ready to work in film and television. G-unit studios Is officially in Louisiana. BOOM GLG GREENLIGHTGANG.”
About welcoming the New York MC to his city, Arceneaux said: “We enjoyed for a period after 2005, we enjoyed a very robust television and film industry in the Shreveport area. This will bring back, I think, a lot of those people and will rejuvenate that industry in our area. So I think the film industry is about to blossom again in Shreveport.
“[50 Cent]’s undertaking all of the maintenance and repair, which is around 160 to 170 thousand dollars a year. So to look at just the lease payment is not fair to him.”
He continued: “We also anticipate he’s going to make several million dollars of improvements to the facility. This is a very serious proposal, a very serious undertaking by him.”
