T.I.will star in Foxs new police procedural Atlantas Most Wanted, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Jerry Bruckheimer will produce the series while T.I. is also attached as an executive producer.
Atlantas Most Wanted will center around Marcus Armstrong (T.I.), the son of an Atlanta crime boss who is recruited to join a vice squad investigating new criminal elements throughout Atlanta. Armstrongs precarious partnership with the cops, however, will threaten his own long-held secret, which could derail his entire life.
Seasoned screenwriter Rodney Barnes will pen the Atlantas Most Wanted pilot. Barnes has previously served as a writer and producer on several sitcoms and comedies including The Boondocks, Everybody Hates Chris and My Wife and Kids. He also recently co-wrote an adaptation of Arc of Justice, a book about the landmark Civil Rights trial of Ossian Sweet.
Along with Atlantas Most Wanted, T.I. is working on an array of film and TV projects. His VH1 reality series, The Family Hustle, just wrapped its sixth season, while hes also developing a new single-camera office comedy with Kevin Hart for Showtime called The Studio, which centers around the goings-on at a recording studio.
As for his movie career, T.I. is set to begin filming a new feature comedy, The Trap, with Mike Epps and over the summer hell get to work on Marvels upcoming Ant-Man sequel. Hes also set to appear in the William H. Macy-directed comedy, Krystal.