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Current Starz Projects

Becoming Elizabeth

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Genre: History

Description: On young Elizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who becomes embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court on her journey to secure the crown.

Pilot Cast: Alicia von Rittberg.

Series Creator: Anya Reiss.

Producers: Anya Reiss, George Ormond, George Faber.

Studios: The Forge.

BMF

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Genre: Thriller

Description: The true story of two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980’s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in this country. Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory’s charismatic leadership, combined with Terry “Southwest T” Flenory’s business acumen allows and the duo to take their vision beyond the drug trade and into the world of Hip Hop.

Series Creator: Randy Huggins.

Based on: a true story

Producers: Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Randy Huggins, Terri Kopp, Anthony Wilson.

Studios: Lionsgate, G-Unit Film & Television.

Power Book II: Ghost

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Pilot Cast: Mary J. Blige, Shalim Ortiz.

Based on: Power TV series

Producers: Mary J. Blige, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.

Studios: Lionsgate.

Power Book III: Raising Kanan

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Pilot Cast: Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Omar Epps.

Based on: Power TV series

Producers: Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.

Studios: Lionsgate.

Power Book IV: Force

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Pilot Cast: Joseph Sikora, Tommy Egan.

Based on: Power TV series

Producers: Courtney A. Kemp, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.

Studios: Lionsgate.

Power Book V: Influence

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Pilot Cast: Larenz Tate.

Based on: Power TV series

Producers: Courtney A. Kemp, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.

Studios: Lionsgate.

The Continental: From the World of John Wick

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Genre: Thriller Drama

Description: Set in the John Wick universe, focusing on the inner workings of the exclusive Continental Hotel which serves as a refuge for assassins.

Series Creator: Chris Collins.

Pilot Director: Chad Stahelski.

Producers: Chad Stahelski, Chris Collins, Basil Iwanyk, David Leitch, Keanu Reeves.

Studios: Thunder Road Pictures.

Havana Quartet

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Genre: Police Detective Drama

Description: Set in the 1990s, Havana Quartet follows hard-drinking, romantic Cuban Police Detective Mario Conde who longs to be a writer but settled for a job as a detective.

Pilot Cast: Antonio Banderas.

Series Creator: Eduardo Machado.

Based on: Leonardo Padura's book

Producers: Antonio Banderas, Tom Fontana, Peter Nadermann, Eduardo Machado, Jennifer Kawaja, Julia Sereny.

Studios: EOne Television, Sienna Films, Nadcon Film.

Heels

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Genre: sports and wrestling

Description: About the men and women who chase their dreams in the world of small town pro wrestling. Set in a close-knit Georgia community, it follows a family-owned wrestling promotion as two brothers and rivals — one of them played by Amell — war over their late father’s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel. But in the real world, those characters can be hard to live up to — or hard to leave behind.

Pilot Cast: Stephen Amell, Alexander Ludwig, Chris Bauer, Mary McCormack, Kelli Berglund, Alison Luff, James Harrison, Allen Maldonado.

Series Creator: Michael Waldron.

Pilot Director: Julie Yorn, Patrick Walmsley.

Producers: Michael Waldron, Mike O'Malley, Chris Donnelly.

Studios: Lionsgate, Paramount Television , LBI Entertainment.

Hightown

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Genre: Crime Drama

Description: Set amid the drug trade on Cape Cod, an irreverent National Marine Fisheries Service officer discovers a body washed ashore and is determined to help solve the murder even if the state cops want her nowhere near the case.

Pilot Cast: Monica Raymund, James Badge Dale.

Series Creator: Rebecca Cutter.

Producers: Rebecca Cutter, Gary Lennon, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed, Jerry Bruckheimer.

Studios: Jerry Bruckheimer Television.

P-Valley

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Genre: Drama

Description: Deep down in the Mississippi Delta lies an oasis of grit and glitter in a rough patch of human existence where beauty can be hard to find. This southern-fried, hour-long drama tells the kaleidoscopic story of a little-strip-club-that-could and the big characters who come through its doors – the hopeful, the lost, the broken, the ballers, the beautiful, and the damned. Trap music meets film noir in this lyrical and atmospheric series that dares to ask what happens when small-town folk dream beyond the boundaries of the Piggly Wiggly and the pawnshop.

Pilot Cast: Brandee Evans, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Nicco Annan, Shannon Thornton.

Series Creator: Katori Hall.

Pilot Director: Karena Evans.

Producers: Katori Hall, Khaliah Neal, Peter Chernin, Dante Di Loreto, Patrik-Ian Polk.

The Rook

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Genre: Supernatural Drama

Description: After waking in a park with total amnesia — and surrounded by dead bodies, all wearing latex gloves — a young woman must fight to uncover her past, and resume her position at the head of Britain’s most secret (supernatural) service before the traitors who stole her memory can finish what they started

Series Creator: Sam Holcroft, Al Muriel.

Based on: Daniel O’Malley’s novel

Producers: Stephenie Meyer, Stephen Garrett, Meghan Hibbett, Sam Holcroft, Al Muriel.

Studios: Liberty Global, Fickle Fish, Character 7.

Run the World

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Description: The story of a group of four black, vibrant, fiercely loyal best friends who work, live and play in Harlem as they strive for world domination. At its core, it’s an unapologetically female show about friendship and not only surviving — but thriving together.

Pilot Cast: Amber Stevens West, Corbin Reid, Andrea Bordeaux, Bresha Webb, Tosin Morohunfola, Stephen Bishop.

Series Creator: Leigh Davenport.

Producers: Millicent Shelton, Yvette Lee Bowser , Leigh Davenport.

Studios: Lionsgate.

Shining Vale

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Genre: family and horror

Description: About a dysfunctional family that moves from the city to a small town into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken place. But no one seems to notice except for Pat, the mom, who’s convinced she’s either depressed or possessed — turns out, the symptoms are exactly the same. Everyone has their demons — but are Pat’s real?

Pilot Cast: Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear, Dylan Gage.

Series Creator: Jeff Astrof, Sharon Horgan.

Pilot Director: Aaron Kaplan.

Producers: Sharon Horgan, Dana Honor, Clelia Mountford, Jeff Astrof.

Studios: Warner Bros. TV, CBS Television Studios, Other Shoe Productions, Kapital Entertainment.