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22/06/2022

LaVida Studios bags $50 million production investment from US-based Dentsu’s The Story Lab.
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Click the link below to follow the money and what it means for the studio.
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https://theshuttrr.com/nigeria-lavida-studios-bags-50-million-production-investment-and-sets-up-slate-with-dentsus-story-lab/

22/06/2022

The Obamas are expanding their global reach across multiple audio platforms.
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Click the link below to read more about their move to a new podcast home.
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https://theshuttrr.com/diaspora-the-obamas-higher-ground-ports-podcast-deal-from-spotify-to-audible/

21/06/2022

The creative team behind the acclaimed film, God Calling, BB Sasore and Derin Adeyokunnu, has entered a film production deal with Amazon Prime Video to produce three feature films exclusively for the streaming platform.
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Click the link below to read more on Amazon's continuous expansion into Nollywood.
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https://theshuttrr.com/nigeria-nollywood-production-house-nemsia-films-enter-exclusive-film-deal-with-amazon-prime-video/

07/01/2022

Anthill joins the Amazon family in an exclusive deal that will see the studio's films released on the streaming platform globally.
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To read more about this deal and its significance for the African movie industry, click the link below.
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https://theshuttrr.com/nigeria-anthill-studios-enters-exclusive-licensing-deal-with-amazon-prime-video/

16/12/2021

17th-century African warrior queen resurrects in the 21st-century, thanks to STARZ
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Click the link below to learn more about the project that has the backing of 50 Cent Mo Abudu and Yetide Badaki
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https://theshuttrr.com/diaspora-starz-is-developing-17th-century-african-warrior-queen-drama-queen-nzinga/

16/12/2021

Inkblot Productions inks the dotted lines.
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Click the link in below to learn more on the ProdCo's exclusive deal and the first set of films to be released under the pact.
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https://theshuttrr.com/nigeria-inkblot-studios-enter-exclusive-deal-with-amazon-prime-video/

10/09/2021

David Oyelowo is taking us to the Wild West to meet the first Black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River courtesy of his production company Yoruba Saxon and ViacomCBS.
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Click the link below to read more on the upcoming limited series and the actor's overall deal at the studio.

The actor and his wife, Jessica Oyelowo, an actress, will develop this project and more for MTV Studios.

01/09/2021

Kunle Afolayan is back with his next feature for Netflix and you know the filmmaker spares no expense when it comes to quality storytelling.
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Click the link below to read more on the film and see the first teaser.

The streamer will release the film on the 1st of October, 2021.

27/08/2021

and will play the roles of Taka and Mufasa respectively in the untitled prequel to The Lion King from Disney
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The prequel will continue with the photorealistic animation technology used in the 2019 remake.

27/08/2021

Jada Pinkett Smith is bringing Cleopatra and Njinga to life on Netflix
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Click link below to read more on the hybrid docuseries.

The docuseries will explore the lives of Cleopatra and Njinga as its first subjects.

26/08/2021

Sorry to bother you, but we have news that LaKeith is headed to Apple for The Changeling. Melina Matsoukas is helming the project.
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Click the link below to read more on the latest high-profile series in the works at Apple.

The series is based on the Victor LaValle book and has been picked up straight to series.

26/08/2021

DeVon Franklin Dr. Holly Carter Kirk Franklin are doing on BET+.

Click the link below to read more on the series.

The series explores the gospel music industry through the lenses of family, faith, love and the redemptive power of music.

12/08/2021

Courtney A. Kemp the creative force behind hit series 'Power' has crossed over to Netflix.
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Click the link below to read more about the showrunner's multi-year deal at Netflix.

The showrunner leaves Lionsgate Television where she had spun ‘Power’ into a five-show franchise.

10/08/2021

DeVon Franklin is making Michael Todd 's NYT bestseller 'Relationship Goals' into a feature film at Amazon
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Find out more at the link below.

The New York Times bestseller will be adapted as a feature film.

10/08/2021

is on to her next feature based on the life story of Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old African American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, a a galvanising moment that helped lead to the creation of the civil rights movement.

Orion Pictures

Jalyn Hall will play the role of Emmett Louis Till in the upcoming film, based on Till’s life’s story.

05/08/2021

Will Packer and Mo Abudu are bringing Hushpuppi to the big screen.

The companies won the rights in a highly competitive situation and have set the project up at Universal Pictures.

04/08/2021

Gambit Films is taking South Africa to the world!

The film is set to have its world premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival.

26/07/2021

A seven-part limited series. Whoop Whoop!!!

Kemi Adetiba Netflix

The limited series will be Netflix’s first original series out of Nigeria.

22/07/2021

is back to bend our minds with his next thriller 😩 for Universal Pictures
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Read more about the director's third feature film at the link below.

The director also wrote the script being produced through his Monkeypaw Productions banner.

22/07/2021

Things are heating up in the Wakanda Black-Panther Universe with Michaela Coel joining the ensemble cast currently filming in Pinewood Studios, Atlanta.
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Read more at the link below.

Coel has joined director Ryan Coogler at Atlanta’s Pinewood Studios, where production began last month.

15/07/2021

Screen Media

John Boyega

The film is scheduled for a limited release on August 6, 2021.

14/07/2021

Netflix

The series is being developed as part of the overall deal her production company signed with the streamer.

13/07/2021

Emmys / Television Academy

The nomination categories has at least one Black talent nominated, an improvement from previous years.

13/07/2021

Barack Obama

Michelle Obama

Netflix

The film & television event will be adapted from six different Black love stories written by six different writers.

12/07/2021

Cedric The Entertainer

CBS

Paramount+

With things looking up from last year, this year’s event will feature a limited in-person audience.

09/07/2021

Apple TV

Her new deal comes just a week after a second season of ‘Lovecraft Country’ was cancelled at HBO.

09/07/2021

Uzo Aduba

Netflix

Matthew Broderick will star in the other lead role with West Duchovny, Dina Shihabi and John Rothman rounding out the main cast.

08/07/2021

John Boyega

The film was to star Jonathan Majors who dropped out due to scheduling conflict with ‘Ant-Man 3.’

08/07/2021

Shondaland

Shonda Rhimes

Netflix

Under her new deal, the mega producer will add feature films, gaming and virtual reality content.

08/07/2021

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network ARRAY Cherish The Day

Production on the new season is set to begin this month in New Orleans for a 2022 release date.