50 Cent Wants a Wire Vet to Play the Superhero in His Next Series

Tomorrow, Today follows a superhero -- a veteran from a criminally-minded family on Chicago's notoriously rough South Side -- who's falsely imprisoned and gains powers after a demented doctor runs experiments on him.

There's no premiere date yet, but Tomorrow, Today already has four writers in place according to 50, including Anthony Cipriano, the writer and producer who created A&E's Bates Motel.

Nothing is set in stone with the actor, known for playing Avon Barksdale in The Wire as well as turns in films Remember the Titans and Creed.

There's just one tiny snag with casting him though: the rapper and actor -- who now goes by the name Yasiin Bey -- remains mired in legal trouble since being detained in South Africa earlier this year on charges he used an invalid passport and had been in the country illegally.

People know the surface parts, but what makes the [drug dealers] become that?