LL Cool J has signed
a deal to develop and produce a new dramatic television series with Alchemy Entertainment
and CBS, a major television network. The
deal, worth an estimated seven figures, marks LL Cool J’s return to prime-time
television after the rapper/actor’s stint as "Marion Hill" in the television
series In The House, which aired on NBC and UPN.According
to terms of the deal, the rapper will have freedom and access to various producers
and actors, whether with the networks in-house studio producers or outside. LL
chose CBS after strong interest from other major networks. In
July of 2005, LL Cool J and Alchemy Entertainment inked a multiyear movie production
deal with Lions Gate films. The first film under that pact is a thriller titled
Overnight. In
related news, the Grammy Award winning rapper will perform live in Dublin, Ireland
at The Point on Oct. 10.
