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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Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is set to produce a TV series based on the Swedish heist game “Payday.” The rapper and entrepreneur promises an energetic franchise that will take the heist genre forward. “Curtis and G-Unit are not subtle, and neither are we,” says Swedish Starbreeze CEO Adolf Kristjansson.
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50 Cent is cashing in on Payday. The rapper/producer has boarded the TV adaptation of the popular first-person shooter video game series. He'll executive produce under his G-Unit Film & Television production company, alongside Vice Studios and Starbreeze Entertainment. "G-Unit Film & TV has built cinematic crime stories that connect with audiences around the world," 50 said in a statement. "Teaming up with Vice Studios and bringing the world of …
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50 Cent to executive produce ‘Payday’ TV series
50 Cent is cashing in on Payday. The rapper/producer has boarded the TV adaptation of the popular first-person shooter video game series. He'll executive produce under his G-Unit Film & Television production company, alongside Vice Studios and Starbreeze Entertainment. "G-Unit Film & TV has built cinematic crime stories that connect with audiences around the world," 50 said in a statement. "Teaming up with Vice Studios and bringing the world of …
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