Exclusive: Netflix has won a four-way bidding battle for Tunga, an original animated family adventure musical from Godwin Jabangwe, for a mid-six figure guarantee.
At an unprecedented moment of inclusion that has gripped the Hollywood creative community after the shameful #MeToo scandals, Tunga is an important development. Jabangwe’s is the first deal to close out of the 22 projects developed in Impact 1, the program initiated by Imagine Entertainment cofounders Brian Grazer and Ron Howard to open a door to new voices by paying unknowns to develop film and TV projects that were pitched to the industry late last year. Several other Impact 1 deals are in the offing, and many of the participants in the program have been signed by agencies. That includes Jabangwe, whose agents at Verve brokered the auction. Jabangwe is also repped now by Lit Entertainment Group and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
Jabangwe will continue to write on the project for Netflix.
At an unprecedented moment of inclusion that has gripped the Hollywood creative community after the shameful #MeToo scandals, Tunga is an important development. Jabangwe’s is the first deal to close out of the 22 projects developed in Impact 1, the program initiated by Imagine Entertainment cofounders Brian Grazer and Ron Howard to open a door to new voices by paying unknowns to develop film and TV projects that were pitched to the industry late last year. Several other Impact 1 deals are in the offing, and many of the participants in the program have been signed by agencies. That includes Jabangwe, whose agents at Verve brokered the auction. Jabangwe is also repped now by Lit Entertainment Group and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
Jabangwe will continue to write on the project for Netflix.
- 2/14/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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