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50 Cent Leads Starz’s ‘Bone Parish’ Horror-Crime Series

7/1/2026

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Summary

**50 Cent Stars**

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson will star in and produce a new horror-crime series for Starz.
The series adapts the graphic novel *Bone Parish* by Cullen Bunn and Jonas Scharf.
The Winters family builds a New Orleans drug empire that gives users vivid visions of the past.
Kathryn Busby, Starz President of Original Programming, called the series a “wild, bold swing” that blends horror with grounded family-crime storytelling.

Summary

**Starz Wins**

Starz won a competitive bidding war for the *Bone Parish* graphic novel rights.
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s G-Unit Film & Television banner will produce the series.
BOOM! Studios executives Stephen Christy and Mette Norkjaer will act as co-executive producers.
Starz added *Bone Parish* to its wholly owned series slate to focus on original, genre-blending programming.
Diane Ademu-John and Declan de Barra are co-showrunners and executive producers.

Summary

**Starz Adapts**

Starz acquired the rights to adapt creator Cullen Bunn’s comic *Bone Parish* and will develop it into a series.
Variety reported the acquisition and development.
Showrunners Diane Ademu-John and Declan de Barra, known for recent fantasy adaptations, will helm project.
The story’s central drug is described as being crafted from the ashes of the dead.
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson said the show aims to keep viewers locked in from the first episode.

History

Historical Context

When AMC launched The Walking Dead on October 31 2010, Frank Darabont’s adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s comic drew 5.35 million U.S. viewers and became the network’s flagship horror series. Its ratings dominance sparked a broader industry shift toward comic-book adaptations, a trend Starz follows with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s G-Unit-backed horror-crime series Bone Parish, produced with BOOM! Studios’ Stephen Christy and Mette Norkjaer.

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**50 Cent Stars**

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson will star in and produce a new horror-crime series for Starz.
The series adapts the graphic novel *Bone Parish* by Cullen Bunn and Jonas Scharf.
The Winters family builds a New Orleans drug empire that gives users vivid visions of the past.
Kathryn Busby, Starz President of Original Programming, called the series a “wild, bold swing” that blends horror with grounded family-crime storytelling.

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