Exclusive: Christine Horn and Sule Rimi have been tapped to star in Kagiso Lediga’s newly titled Amazon Freevee series Classified (fka Untitled Kagiso Lediga), a coming-of-age drama from Skybound Galactic, a joint venture between Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television, and Johannesburg-based producer Diprente. Horn and Rimi join previously announced lead Imani Pullum. The series will premiere in the U.S. on Amazon Freevee.
Created by Lediga, the eight-episode series follows 15-year-old Ella Gardner (Pullum), a student at a public school in Oakland, California. Arrested at a protest and facing serious jail time, Ella avoids incarceration, but as part of the deal, Ella must leave her home in California and spend the remainder of her secondary education with her family in Johannesburg. Ella’s world is turned upside down as she navigates a very different reality than the one she has known.
Created by Lediga, the eight-episode series follows 15-year-old Ella Gardner (Pullum), a student at a public school in Oakland, California. Arrested at a protest and facing serious jail time, Ella avoids incarceration, but as part of the deal, Ella must leave her home in California and spend the remainder of her secondary education with her family in Johannesburg. Ella’s world is turned upside down as she navigates a very different reality than the one she has known.
- 3/1/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Rising young actor Imani Pullum has been cast as the lead in Amazon Freevee’s coming-of-age drama Untitled Kagiso Lediga Project. The eight-episode series hails from Queen Sono creator Lediga, Skybound Galactic, a joint venture between Skybound Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television, and Johannesburg-based producer Diprente.
Pullum will play the lead role of Ella Gardner in the eight-episode series which will premiere in the U.S. on Amazon Freevee.
Created by Lediga, the coming-of-age drama follows 15-year-old Ella, a student at a public school in Oakland, California. Gifted with a flowing tongue, Ella is a weaver of yarns. A skateboarder with a skillful street style, she is a firebrand—defiant and rebellious in nature. Arrested at a protest and facing serious jail time, Ella avoids incarceration thanks to her stepmother, Dianne, who has connections in high places. As part of the deal, Ella must...
Pullum will play the lead role of Ella Gardner in the eight-episode series which will premiere in the U.S. on Amazon Freevee.
Created by Lediga, the coming-of-age drama follows 15-year-old Ella, a student at a public school in Oakland, California. Gifted with a flowing tongue, Ella is a weaver of yarns. A skateboarder with a skillful street style, she is a firebrand—defiant and rebellious in nature. Arrested at a protest and facing serious jail time, Ella avoids incarceration thanks to her stepmother, Dianne, who has connections in high places. As part of the deal, Ella must...
- 11/10/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon Freevee has given a series greenlight to a coming-of-age drama from Queen Sono creator Kagiso Lediga and writer Camilo Saloojee, Skybound Galactic, a part of Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment, Johannesburg-based producer Diprente and Sony Pictures Television.
Created by Lediga and Saloojee, the eight-episode Untitled Kagiso Lediga series follows Ella Gardner as her life is turned upside down when she is uprooted from her native Oakland, California to Johannesburg, South Africa to live with her estranged father and his new family. Immersed in a complex world and culture that she knows little about, Ella will discover her true path on her quest to return home.
The series is written by Lediga, who also directs, Saloojee, Meja Shoba, Christopher Steenkamp, and Nomawonga Khumalo. Diprente’s Lediga and Tamsin Andersson executive produce with Skybound’s, Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Rick Jacobs, Sean Furst and Bryan Furst. The series is produced by Skybound Galactic and Diprente.
Created by Lediga and Saloojee, the eight-episode Untitled Kagiso Lediga series follows Ella Gardner as her life is turned upside down when she is uprooted from her native Oakland, California to Johannesburg, South Africa to live with her estranged father and his new family. Immersed in a complex world and culture that she knows little about, Ella will discover her true path on her quest to return home.
The series is written by Lediga, who also directs, Saloojee, Meja Shoba, Christopher Steenkamp, and Nomawonga Khumalo. Diprente’s Lediga and Tamsin Andersson executive produce with Skybound’s, Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Rick Jacobs, Sean Furst and Bryan Furst. The series is produced by Skybound Galactic and Diprente.
- 11/2/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Revolver Amsterdam is in Berlin meeting with Us and European sales agents.
Dutch producer Revolver Amsterdam is in Berlin meeting with Us and European sales agents and financiers on a trio of projects as it steps up its strategy of working with international partners on globally appealing content.
Raymond Van Der Kaaij is taking meetings on The Occupant, a sci-fi about two sisters that echoes Arrival and The Revenant. Hugo Keijzer will direct and Revolver Amsterdam is producing with Maurice Schutte, whose short film trailer to The Occupant: Prologue went viral on YouTube.
The roster of $1.5m-$5m projects includes...
Dutch producer Revolver Amsterdam is in Berlin meeting with Us and European sales agents and financiers on a trio of projects as it steps up its strategy of working with international partners on globally appealing content.
Raymond Van Der Kaaij is taking meetings on The Occupant, a sci-fi about two sisters that echoes Arrival and The Revenant. Hugo Keijzer will direct and Revolver Amsterdam is producing with Maurice Schutte, whose short film trailer to The Occupant: Prologue went viral on YouTube.
The roster of $1.5m-$5m projects includes...
- 2/24/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Durban–Female-driven narratives and daring portraits of queer culture around the continent were the big winners at this year’s Durban FilmMart (Dfm), the industry program of the Durban Intl. Film Festival, which handed out awards at a ceremony Monday night at the Southern Sun Maharani Hotel.
Among the prize-winners were the story of a Zimbabwean woman grappling with her country’s traditions and customs as she tries to reconcile her difficult relationship with her husband; a teenage sexual-assault survivor in South Africa forced to make a difficult decision that will affect her fate and the fate of her community; and an alternative perspective on what it means to live and identify as Lgbtq in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“This is the 10th edition of Durban FilmMart, and we wanted to ensure that we celebrate this milestone with the birthing of new initiatives, new conversations and new directions,” said...
Among the prize-winners were the story of a Zimbabwean woman grappling with her country’s traditions and customs as she tries to reconcile her difficult relationship with her husband; a teenage sexual-assault survivor in South Africa forced to make a difficult decision that will affect her fate and the fate of her community; and an alternative perspective on what it means to live and identify as Lgbtq in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“This is the 10th edition of Durban FilmMart, and we wanted to ensure that we celebrate this milestone with the birthing of new initiatives, new conversations and new directions,” said...
- 7/23/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
The 10th edition of the Durban FilmMart, which unspools parallel to the 40th Durban Intl. Film Festival, will feature 10 fiction and 10 documentary works-in-progress taking part in its annual Finance Forum. The leading co-production market on the continent, the Forum brings together producers, distributors, sales agents, broadcasters, funding bodies, and other industry players from across the globe for four days of pitching sessions and networking opportunities from July 19-22.
“The Dfm Finance Forum was always intended as a springboard platform for African filmmakers to access global markets,” says Durban Film Office and Dfm head Toni Monty. “When we began 10 years ago, only a handful of the filmmakers submitting to Dfm really understood how to prepare for the international market. Ten years on the applications have become much more sophisticated and competitive.”
Recent editions of the Finance Forum have helped launch the festival careers of films like Un Certain Regard selection “Rafiki,...
“The Dfm Finance Forum was always intended as a springboard platform for African filmmakers to access global markets,” says Durban Film Office and Dfm head Toni Monty. “When we began 10 years ago, only a handful of the filmmakers submitting to Dfm really understood how to prepare for the international market. Ten years on the applications have become much more sophisticated and competitive.”
Recent editions of the Finance Forum have helped launch the festival careers of films like Un Certain Regard selection “Rafiki,...
- 7/17/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
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