Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson (Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Spy) recently disclosed the news of him working on a television show adaption of the popular 2002 film 8 Mile on Friday, January 6, 2023, via Deadline. 8 Mile was a film based around Eminem’s life and also starred the rapper.
“I’m gonna bring 8 Mile to television,” said 50 Cent. “We’re in motion. It’s gonna be big. I ain’t got no duds. I’m battin’ a hundred, I’m battin’ a hundred.”
50 Cent made an appearance on Big Boy TV and announced that he is collaborating with Eminem (Funny People, Fast Five) to bring the series to the small screen, according to Deadline.
50 Cent compared the 8 Mile television adaptation to the reboot of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, but said nothing more, according to Vulture.
“I wanna be able to show and offer a lot more details, things that you would say in an interview or different things that you’ve already used, that you put out there, and stuff like that,” 50 Cent said via TV Insider. “You’ll see those things kind of surface and the temperament of the characters.”
According to TV Insider, 50 Cent said that Eminem did not need much persuasion to adapt the story for the small screen. He also disclosed that this adaptation would deliver a “backstory” and feature the lead character’s adolescent years.
“I think it should be there for his legacy because it’s important to me that they understand it.”
The film 8 Mile was based around an up-and-coming Detroit rapper named B-Rabbit. The film starred Eminem, Mekhi Phifer (Honey, Dawn of the Dead), the late, great Brittany Murphy (Don’t Say A Word, Sin City), and Kim Basinger (L.A. Confidential, The Informers). 8 Mile was written by Scott Silver (Joker, Johns) and directed by Curtis Hanson (The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, L.A. Confidential).
The film earned more than $242 million worldwide against a budget of $41 million, according to TV Insider.
Stay tuned for more details on the television adaptation of 8 Mile.