Usher on Board to Executive Produce Storyville

Starlings Television has lined up multi-Grammy Award-winning musician Usher to executive produce Storyville, a new series in development about the birth of the jazz age.

Rooted in musical history and set in New Orleans, Storyville is centered on five diverse brothel madams and their fight for control of America’s most notorious redlight district. It comes from creators, executive producers and showrunners Bill Macdonald (Rome, Flying Tigers) and Walt Becker (Clifford the Big Red Dog, Wild Hogs). Starlings TV President Chris Philip and Starlings Entertainment CEO Karine Martin will also executive produce the series with Becker, Macdonald and Usher.

Usher said, “Storyville is an epic tale sparked by the origins of the sound that inspired my career—a story that touches the nerve of social and cultural relevance today—and I’m thrilled to be working with this incredible team.”

Philip added, “Usher’s massive global appeal, musical and acting genius will propel this unique and compelling original series into must-see viewing worldwide. His invaluable creative and musical contributions to Storyville fulfill our vision of contrasting the gritty, sometimes brutal sides of New Orleans life, with it giving birth to a beautiful, diverse and defining new art form.”