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EXCLUSIVE: Razorman, a live-action characteristic based connected nan schematic caller bid by writer-artist Bill Masuku, published by Kugali Media, is successful development.
The Zimbabwe-set superhero task heralds from nan filmmakers down Netflix’s Heart of nan Hunter and Disney’s Iwájú, and producers Kugali Media, erstwhile CAA supplier David Neumann’s Newmation, and Alta Global Media.
The task will halfway connected Lovemore, “a scrappy young mechanic successful Harare who assumes nan personality of nan thoroughfare vigilante known arsenic Razorman. Armed pinch razor-sharp wit and makeshift weapons, he wages a vulnerable one-man warfare against The Thirteenth — a ruthless and well-connected crime syndicate responsible for his father’s mysterious murder.”
According to nan team, which sees franchise imaginable successful nan IP, nan movie will tie stylistically from dark, character-driven action-hero comics specified arsenic V for Vendetta and Spawn.
Mandala Dube is attached to direct. The South African is champion known for directing Heart of nan Hunter, an adjustment of Deon Meyer’s caller — which performed good connected Netflix; and Silverton Siege, besides for nan streamer, which was inspired by nan real-life 1980 slope siege that galvanized nan Free Mandela movement.
Kurt Ellis, a South African novelist turned screenwriter, is attached to write. Ellis is nan writer of In nan Midst of Wolves (Penguin Random House SA) and a writer connected Netflix’s South African original bid Blood Legacy.
Producers are Ziki Nelson, Emmy-nominated creator and co-founder of Kugali Media; David Neumann, Nelson’s head and CEO of Newmation; and Steven Adams, Dube’s head and CEO of Alta Global Media. Dube will besides service arsenic an executive shaper connected nan project.
Pan-African intermezo workplace and patient Kugali Media is co-founded by Ziki Nelson, Tolu Olowofoyeku, and Hamid Ibrahim. The institution is champion known arsenic nan imaginative unit down Disney’s Iwájú — Disney’s first-ever African animated series, presently streaming connected Disney+, which earned 3 Emmy nominations astatine nan 3rd yearly Children’s & Family Emmy Awards successful 2025. Kugali has a seven-book publishing woody nether a associated task pinch Disney Hyperion.
Newmation’s guidance roster includes Hugh Welchman (Loving Vincent), Gary Trousdale (Beauty and nan Beast), Anita Doron (The Breadwinner), and Jay Oliva (Twilight of nan Gods). Alta Global Media’s producing credits see Netflix’s Rodney King and A Huey P Newton Story, some directed by Spike Lee. VFX EP credits see Avatar, Life Of Pi and Thor.
