Exclusive: Showtime has axed King Shaka, its upcoming epic drama series executive produced by Antoine Fuqua, which tells the sweeping story of the Zulu Empire founder.
It marks the latest new series to be canned at the network before it has aired amid a programming overhaul at Showtime, which is being merged with sister streamer Paramount+ and will be renamed as Paramount+ with Showtime.
While King Shaka will not run on Showtime, the premium network is working on multiple other drama projects with diverse storytelling as part of recently announced three main programming lanes, including a project from The Chi showrunner Justin Hillian; Panda, from Fresh Off the Boat’s Eddie Huang; and Quiet in Her Bones, from writer Aminta Goyel.
Showtime also plans to add diversity to the Billions franchise as it is undergoing expansion with spinoffs.
Deadline understands that King Shaka, which is being headlined by Charles Babalola,...
It marks the latest new series to be canned at the network before it has aired amid a programming overhaul at Showtime, which is being merged with sister streamer Paramount+ and will be renamed as Paramount+ with Showtime.
While King Shaka will not run on Showtime, the premium network is working on multiple other drama projects with diverse storytelling as part of recently announced three main programming lanes, including a project from The Chi showrunner Justin Hillian; Panda, from Fresh Off the Boat’s Eddie Huang; and Quiet in Her Bones, from writer Aminta Goyel.
Showtime also plans to add diversity to the Billions franchise as it is undergoing expansion with spinoffs.
Deadline understands that King Shaka, which is being headlined by Charles Babalola,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Peter White and Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sharp Objects creator Marti Noxon and Ep Jessica Rhoades have optioned the film and TV rights to Abdi Nazemian’s Ya novel Like a Love Story.
Noxon and Rhoades will develop the Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins novel into a feature film, with each serving as producer on the project. Author-writer-producer Nazemian is on board to write and will adapt his novel for the big screen. Rhoades and Nazemian worked together on NBC’s The Village.
Like a Love Story follows three teens living in New York City in 1989. There’s Reza, an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He’s terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he’s gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media’s images of men dying of AIDS. There’s Judy,...
Noxon and Rhoades will develop the Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins novel into a feature film, with each serving as producer on the project. Author-writer-producer Nazemian is on board to write and will adapt his novel for the big screen. Rhoades and Nazemian worked together on NBC’s The Village.
Like a Love Story follows three teens living in New York City in 1989. There’s Reza, an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He’s terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he’s gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media’s images of men dying of AIDS. There’s Judy,...
- 6/10/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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