Starz has set the lead cast of its upcoming British boxing drama Fightland, from executive producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, which recently kicked off production in London. Additionally, Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror) will direct for the first two episodes, and Sebastian Thiel (Supacell, Dreaming Whilst Black) will also direct on Season 1.
Fightland follows a disgraced, formerly incarcerated boxing champion who returns to London to seek vengeance against the crime family he thinks betrayed him. With edge-of-seat action and populated by dangerous characters, this is a world of money and power never seen before.
The cast and who they will play can be found below.
Howard Charles (Top Boy, Whitstable Pearl) will take on the lead role of Maduka "Duke" Kilroy, a former heavyweight world champion who, after a traumatic tragedy, returns home to London to enact revenge.
Nicholas Pinnock (Hedda, For Life) as Kingsley Marshall, a man with many enemies, is a Jamaica-born, South London-bred criminal kingpin with his fingers in the worlds of boxing and gambling.
Deborah Ayorinde (Them, Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue) as Joy Marshall, Kingsley Marshall's wife, who is trying to build her own empire.
Charles Babalola (The Outlaws, Black Mirror) as Ezekiel "Zeek" Marshall, the brash and unpredictable son of Kingsley Marshall.
Anita-Joy Uwajeh (Vampire Academy, Atlanta) will play Cebella "Cece" Marshall, the brilliant, business-savvy daughter of Kingsley Marshall, who runs the Marshalls' gambling operation.
Tahirah Sharif (The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Tower) as Kim Harper, a confident ring card girl entrenched in the London boxing world who befriends Duke upon his return to London.
Tyler Conti (The Gentleman, Tell Me Everything) as Justin "Jay" Hall, Duke's best friend whose life has hit the skids in Duke's absence. Duke's return is a chance for Jay to rekindle their friendship, make amends and start anew.
Richard Pepple (The Hack, Gangs of London) as Gary "Gazzer" Kilroy, Duke's estranged father, who runs a community boxing gym in Streatham, London, where he trains amateur fighters.
Fightland joins Jackson's multiple other successful series at Starz including the Power franchise crime dramas Power (2014), Power Book II: Ghost (2020), Power Book III: Raising Kanan (2021), Power Book IV: Force (2022) and the new prequel series Power: Origins, which was recently picked up to series. The Power franchise also has a new series set in the present line to follow Force if it moves forward, Power: Legacy (working title), which is expected to star Joseph Sikora and Michael Rainey Jr.
Jackson executive produces Fightland through his G-Unit Film & Television, along with Francis Hopkinson and Kate Leadbetter of Expanded Media, who will also produce. The series also reunites Starz with Damione Macedon (Power, BMF) and Raphael Jackson Jr. (Power, BMF), who will serve as showrunners, executive producers and writers. Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan and Marlon Smith will serve as executive producers and writers.
Charles is represented by The Artists Partnership, Paradigm and Jackoway, Austen, Tyerman.
Pinnock is represented by Independent, IAG, and Strand Entertainment.
Ayorinde is represented by Range, Independent Talent Group, and Gang, Tyre, Ramer.
Uwajeh is represented by Curtis Brown and Authentic Talent and Literary Management.
Babalola is represented by Alchemy Entertainment, Denton-Brierley, CAA and Sloane Offer Weber & Dern.
Tahirah Sharif is represented by Independent Talent Group and Untitled Entertainment
Conti is represented by Jonathan Arun Group.
Pepple is represented by IAG.
Thiel is represented by 42 in the UK and by UTA in Los Angeles.
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