{"id":140458,"date":"2019-12-19T14:10:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T19:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=140458"},"modified":"2019-12-19T14:23:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T19:23:21","slug":"trailer-for-50-cent-produced-abc-prison-drama-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/trailer-for-50-cent-produced-abc-prison-drama-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Trailer For 50 Cent-Produced ABC Prison Drama ‘For Life’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ABC has released the trailer for 50 Cent’s produced prison drama series, For Life<\/strong>, which premieres Tuesday, February 11th, 10|9c.<\/p>\n

Inspired by the life of Isaac Wright, Jr., \u201cFor Life\u201d is about prisoner Aaron Wallace (Nicholas Pinnock<\/strong>), who becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit.<\/p>\n

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His quest for freedom is driven by his desperate desire to get back to the family he loves\u2014his estranged wife (Joy Bryant<\/strong>) and daughter (Tyla Harris<\/strong>)\u2014and reclaim the life that was stolen from him. \u201cFor Life\u201d will also, through the window of his ferocious struggle and his complicated relationship with a progressive female prison warden (Indira Varma<\/strong>), examine the flaws and challenges in our penal and legal systems.<\/p>\n

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From Creator Hank Steinberg, and Executive Producer Curtis \u201c50 Cent\u201d Jackson via G-Unit Film & Television, Doug Robinson and Alison Greenspan of Doug Robinson Productions and Isaac Wright Jr. The pilot is directed and executive produced by George Tillman, Jr.<\/strong> (\u201cThe Hate U Give\u201d). \u201cFor Life\u201d is a co-production of Sony Pictures Television Inc. and ABC Studios. ABC Studios is a part of Disney Television Studios, a collection of studios comprised of 20th Century Fox Television, ABC Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios.<\/p>\n