{"id":23449,"date":"2025-09-19T11:37:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/starz-casts-crime-drama-fightland\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:38:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:38:54","slug":"starz-casts-crime-drama-fightland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/starz-casts-crime-drama-fightland\/","title":{"rendered":"STARZ Casts Crime Drama Fightland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The lead cast of the new STARZ crime drama <em>Fightland<\/em> includes Howard Charles (<em>Top Boy<\/em>, <em>Whitstable Pearl<\/em>) and Nicholas Pinnock (<em>Hedda<\/em>, <em>For Life<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Otto Bathurst (<em>Peaky Blinders<\/em>, <em>Black Mirror<\/em>) is set to direct the first two episodes, and Sebastain Thiel (<em>Supacell<\/em>, <em>Dreaming Whilst Black<\/em>) will direct others. Curtis \u201c50 Cent\u201d Jackson is an executive producer through his banner G-Unit Film &amp; Television.<\/p>\n<p>The cast will also feature Deborah Ayorinde (<em>THEM<\/em>, <em>Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue<\/em>), Charles Babalola (<em>The Outlaws<\/em>, <em>Black Mirror<\/em>), Anita-Joy Uwajeh (<em>Vampire Academy<\/em>, <em>Atlanta<\/em>), Tahirah Sharif (<em>The Haunting of Bly Manor<\/em>, <em>The Tower<\/em>), Tyler Conti (<em>The Gentleman<\/em>, <em>Tell Me Everything<\/em>) and Richard Pepple (<em>The Hack<\/em>, <em>Gangs of London<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><em>Fightland<\/em> follows a disgraced, formerly incarcerated boxing champion who returns to London to seek vengeance against the crime family he thinks betrayed him.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside Jackson, executive producers include Francis Hopkinson (<em>Wallander<\/em>, <em>Bancroft<\/em>) and Kate Leadbetter (<em>Woman in White<\/em>, <em>Catherine the Great<\/em>) of Expanded Media, which will also produce. The series also reunites STARZ with Damione Macedon (<em>Power<\/em>, <em>BMF<\/em>, <em>Genius: MLK\/X<\/em>) and Raphael Jackson Jr. (<em>Power<\/em>, <em>BMF<\/em>, <em>Genius: MLK\/X<\/em>), who will serve as showrunners, executive producers and writers. 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