50 Cent to Executive Produce 'Payday' TV Series
The series has no writer or network attached yet, and 50 Cent says the project will build a high-energy heist franchise.
- Curtis Jackson has joined the television adaptation of the video game series Payday as an executive producer, leading the project under his G-Unit Film & Television banner.
- Teaming up with Vice Studios and Starbreeze Entertainment allows the production to build a high-energy franchise, with development originally announced in March 2026.
- In the television space, Jackson is best known for executive producing the Power franchise at Starz, alongside crime dramas BMF and Fightland, plus The Accomplice at Peacock.
- No writer, network, or streamer is currently attached to the Payday series; there is no word yet on when or where the project will air.
- Adolf Kristjansson, CEO of Starbreeze Entertainment, said "Payday has always been about the fantasy of getting away with it," as the game features masked protagonists with unlimited criminal ambitions.
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