New family and legal drama, For Life will debut on ABC on February 11, 2020. Along with revealing the premiere date, ABC also shared a first look trailer for For Life.
What’s happening:
- ABC has announced that Curtis 50 Cent Jackson’s new drama For Life, will premiere on Tuesday, February 11 (10:00-11:00 pm EST).
- The network also shared a sneak peek of the new series:
About For Life:
- Curtis 50 Cent Jackson executive produces this fictional serialized legal and family drama.
- For Life, inspired by the life of Isaac Wright Jr., is about prisoner Aaron Wallace, who becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit.
- His quest for freedom is driven by his desperate desire to get back to the family he loves—his estranged wife and daughter—and reclaim the life that was stolen from him.
- For Life will also, through the window of his ferocious struggle and his complicated relationship with a progressive female prison warden examine the flaws and challenges in our penal and legal systems.
The Series stars:
- Nicholas Pinnock
- Joy Bryant
- Tyla Harris
- Indira Varma
Creative team:
- For Life hails from:
- Hank Steinberg
- Curtis 50 Cent Jackson via G-Unit Film & Television
- Doug Robinson (Doug Robinson Productions)
- Alison Greenspan of (Doug Robinson Productions)
- Isaac Wright Jr.
- The pilot is directed and executive produced by:
- George Tillman Jr. (The Hate U Give)
- For Life is a co-production of Sony Pictures Television Inc. and ABC Studios.