Recently, the rapper and actor Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson posted a cryptic teaser for “Vice City,” setting off speculation that he might be involved with the next Grand Theft Auto game. It’s now been confirmed that he was actually teasing a new unrelated TV series, and its plot sounds like a GTA game.
Paramount+ is developing new original series with the working title Vice City, and it hails from Jackson’s G-Unit Film & TV division, according to Deadline. The story follows three friends, former soldiers, who come home to Miami in the mid-’80s after a dishonorable discharge following the Iran Contra scandal.
“Disgraced, displaced, and forgotten by the country they served and with no good job prospects, the three friends partner with a mysterious Colombian immigrant, uniting their financial needs and criminal ambitions to form a heist crew,” reads a line from the show’s description. “Fueled by the need for American green, they traverse a violent and dangerous path in pursuit of the American Dream.”