Rick James Limited Series in the Works at UCP | Hollywood Reporter
Rick James Limited Series in the Works at UCP Paul Natkin/WireImage 'Super Freak' will focus on James' music career and the early 1990s trial that derailed his attempt at a comeback. Universal Studio Group's UCP is tackling another real-life — and larger than life — subject: singer Rick James. The studio is developing Super Freak, a limited series it describes as "a funkadelic mix of music biopic and true crime," that would trace James' career and focus on his plans for a comeback in the early 1990s amid a trial for assault and kidnapping that threatens to destroy his legacy. Randy McKi...
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