Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and his G-Unit Movie & Tv together with Lionsgate are debuting the 50 Cent Motion Channel on The Roku Channel subsequent Tuesday, Dec. 10.
Curated by the Grammy winner and Emmy profitable multihyphenate, the 50 Cent Motion Channel will function 50 Cent’s favourite motion pictures and TV sequence drawn from Lionsgate’s library of greater than 20k-titles, i.e. field workplace hits like The Expendables, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, and Rambo in addition to over a dozen movies that includes 50 Cent. The channel will even embody the 50 Cent produced unique TV sequence Energy which spawned that TV franchise with behind-the-scenes footage from the EP. Lionsgate additionally plans to air themed programming stunts round 50 Cent’s No. 1 albums that lend themselves to the motion style. Examples embody a heist-themed stunt tied to his album Get Wealthy or Die Tryin’, together with movies like Empire State, Reservoir Canines and Man on a Ledge in addition to a female-led motion stunt primarily based on 50’s album I Like The Approach She Do It, together with Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Invoice: Quantity 1 and Kill Invoice: Quantity 2, The Protégé and Haywire.
With the FAST Channel house in nice provide, the 50 Cent Motion Channel differentiates itself in that it’s arguably one of many first talent-branded FAST channels.
“We’re excited to collaborate with our longstanding associate Lionsgate and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson on this progressive channel. 50 is without doubt one of the largest stars on the planet with an enormous viewers and an unmatched influence within the content material house,” stated Jennifer Vaux, Vice President of Content material Acquisition & Programming, Roku Media. “Viewers are going to like this enjoyable, distinctive technique to discover Lionsgate’s superior lineup of motion programming, in addition to behind the scenes content material from 50 Cent.”
“Roku’s attain and success within the free TV house make them the right launch associate for 50 Cent Motion. My channel created in partnership with Lionsgate will ship precisely what my viewers loves to observe multi function place. We’ll be primary very quickly,” stated Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.
“Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is an unimaginable expertise, a prolific storyteller and a visionary entrepreneur with a passionate international fan base, and we’re thrilled to increase our lengthy and profitable partnership with him,” stated Lionsgate President of Worldwide Tv Distribution Jim Packer. “50 Cent Motion is an ideal mixture of fifty’s iconic model and knowledgeable curation, Roku’s trend-setting business management and our library of prime motion movies and sequence. These strengths place the channel to chop by means of the cluttered FAST market, create a house for repeat viewing and develop into a prime vacation spot for advertisers.”
50 Cent counts greater than 30M file albums bought world wide. His Energy Universe counts greater than 1.5 billion hours watched as of June 2024. He additionally has 100M-plus followers throughout social media platforms.
Jackson is repped by IAG and Lawyer Steve Savva.
