EXCLUSIVE: Timbaland is getting into graphic novels and television. The music producer behind Justin Timberlake’s Cry Me A River and Missy Elliott’s Supa Dupa Fly is getting involved in Neon Empire.
Neon Empire, which was created by Jared Gutstadt, founder and CEO of podcast company Audio Up Media, is being released as a graphic novel later this fall.
Timbaland is co-producing the original soundtrack to go with the graphic novel and will exec produce a television adaptation, which is in the works.
Neon Empire centers around the fictional character Kountry Boi, a “hick-hop” star who goes from rap rags to hick-hop riches while coming to terms with his troubled past.
Read more on deadline.com