Supacell is a British superhero series heading to Netflix in June from Rapman, and here’s the trailer.
While America generally has the monopoly on superhero films, Britain has had its fair share of caped crusaders over the years.
The most recent example is Emma Moran’s Extraordinary, which is now available to watch on Itvx. From 2009 to 2013, Howard Overman achieved huge success with five series of irreverent comedy drama Misfits. Drew Pearce, who went on to co-write Iron Man 3 with Shane Black, began his career writing the little seen superhero sitcom No Heroics in 2008.
Perhaps the biggest shame, though, is that the film adaptation of clasic 1970s cartoon Bananaman, which was voiced by Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden, also known as The Goodies, never materialised, though a stage musical premiered at the Southwark Playhouse in 2017.
Netflix drama Supacell is the next to have a go, and...
While America generally has the monopoly on superhero films, Britain has had its fair share of caped crusaders over the years.
The most recent example is Emma Moran’s Extraordinary, which is now available to watch on Itvx. From 2009 to 2013, Howard Overman achieved huge success with five series of irreverent comedy drama Misfits. Drew Pearce, who went on to co-write Iron Man 3 with Shane Black, began his career writing the little seen superhero sitcom No Heroics in 2008.
Perhaps the biggest shame, though, is that the film adaptation of clasic 1970s cartoon Bananaman, which was voiced by Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden, also known as The Goodies, never materialised, though a stage musical premiered at the Southwark Playhouse in 2017.
Netflix drama Supacell is the next to have a go, and...
- 3/20/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Netflix has debuted a teaser trailer for the series created by Rapman ‘Supacell’.
A regular group of people are unexpectedly gifted with superpowers. Before the group really get a chance to figure out how to use their powers they find their new special abilities have made them targets for the powerful agency that created them.
The group of five ordinary people unexpectedly develop superpowers. They have little in common except for one thing: they are all Black South Londoners. It is down to one man, Michael Lasaki, to bring them all together to save the woman he loves.
Rapman also serves as lead director while Sebastian Thiel also directs. The cast includes Tosin Cole as Michael, Nadine Mills as Sabrina, Eric Kofi Abrefa as Andre, Calvin Demba as Rodney, Josh Tedeku as Tazer, Adelayo Adedayo as Dionne, Rayxia Ojo as Sharleen, Giacomo Mancini as Spud and Eddie Marsan will play Ray.
A regular group of people are unexpectedly gifted with superpowers. Before the group really get a chance to figure out how to use their powers they find their new special abilities have made them targets for the powerful agency that created them.
The group of five ordinary people unexpectedly develop superpowers. They have little in common except for one thing: they are all Black South Londoners. It is down to one man, Michael Lasaki, to bring them all together to save the woman he loves.
Rapman also serves as lead director while Sebastian Thiel also directs. The cast includes Tosin Cole as Michael, Nadine Mills as Sabrina, Eric Kofi Abrefa as Andre, Calvin Demba as Rodney, Josh Tedeku as Tazer, Adelayo Adedayo as Dionne, Rayxia Ojo as Sharleen, Giacomo Mancini as Spud and Eddie Marsan will play Ray.
- 3/19/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Prime Video is not proceeding with a second season of drama series Riches. Series creator/executive producer Abby Ajayi on Friday shared the news of the show’s end on Instagram.
“This time last year we launched,” she wrote, referring to the Riches Dec. 2, 2022 premiere on Prime Video. “Much love to this incredible ensemble of actors and our fabulous crew. Thank you to everyone who supported. So proud we got to make this show.”
Ajayi went on to tease the second season she had prepped, as evident by the Reaches 2 notebook in one of the photo accompanying the post.
“I still had many more stories to tell… And, it was gonna be...
“This time last year we launched,” she wrote, referring to the Riches Dec. 2, 2022 premiere on Prime Video. “Much love to this incredible ensemble of actors and our fabulous crew. Thank you to everyone who supported. So proud we got to make this show.”
Ajayi went on to tease the second season she had prepped, as evident by the Reaches 2 notebook in one of the photo accompanying the post.
“I still had many more stories to tell… And, it was gonna be...
- 12/2/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Showtime has picked up the BBC’s BAFTA-winning buzzy breakout comedy Dreaming Whilst Black from Big Deal Films and A24.
The move is the latest step in the show’s ascent, having started life as a web series before moving to BBC pilot, then series and subsequently being picked up by A24 for distribution in the space of several years.
Adjani Salmon’s comedy launched last week on BBC Three and has garnered highly favorable reviews. It follows Kwabena, played by Salmon, an aspiring filmmaker stuck in a dead-end recruitment job who takes the first step to achieving his dream of creating a TV show. However, he is quickly confronted with the tribulations of balancing finances, love and his own sense of reality, while the show deals with themes including racism, microaggressions and elitism.
The series will launch on Paramount+ with Showtime on September 8 and premiere two days later on linear,...
The move is the latest step in the show’s ascent, having started life as a web series before moving to BBC pilot, then series and subsequently being picked up by A24 for distribution in the space of several years.
Adjani Salmon’s comedy launched last week on BBC Three and has garnered highly favorable reviews. It follows Kwabena, played by Salmon, an aspiring filmmaker stuck in a dead-end recruitment job who takes the first step to achieving his dream of creating a TV show. However, he is quickly confronted with the tribulations of balancing finances, love and his own sense of reality, while the show deals with themes including racism, microaggressions and elitism.
The series will launch on Paramount+ with Showtime on September 8 and premiere two days later on linear,...
- 8/2/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Jessica Hynes (“Shaun of the Dead”) and Akemnji Ndifornyen (“Famalam”) are among the cast set to join Adjani Salmon’s BBC, A24 and Big Deal Films series “Dreaming Whilst Black.”
The show, which Salmon (“Doctor Who”) created and stars in, is based on a web-series of the same name. It was adapted into a critically acclaimed pilot in 2021 and greenlit for a six-part series last fall.
The series will see Salmon reprise his role as Kwabena alongside Dani Moseley (“Everything I Know About Love”) as Amy.
They will be joined by newcomers to the show Hynes and Ndifornyen as well as Isy Suttie (“Peep Show”), Peter Serafinowicz (“The Tick”), Roger Griffiths (“Chef!”), Martina Laird (“The Little Mermaid”), Jo Martin (“Doctor Who”), Steve Furst (“The Serpent Queen”) and “Love Island’s” Ovie Soko.
Meanwhile, returning from the pilot are Demmy Ladipo (“We Are Lady Parts”) as Maurice, Rachel Adedeji (“Champion”) as Funmi,...
The show, which Salmon (“Doctor Who”) created and stars in, is based on a web-series of the same name. It was adapted into a critically acclaimed pilot in 2021 and greenlit for a six-part series last fall.
The series will see Salmon reprise his role as Kwabena alongside Dani Moseley (“Everything I Know About Love”) as Amy.
They will be joined by newcomers to the show Hynes and Ndifornyen as well as Isy Suttie (“Peep Show”), Peter Serafinowicz (“The Tick”), Roger Griffiths (“Chef!”), Martina Laird (“The Little Mermaid”), Jo Martin (“Doctor Who”), Steve Furst (“The Serpent Queen”) and “Love Island’s” Ovie Soko.
Meanwhile, returning from the pilot are Demmy Ladipo (“We Are Lady Parts”) as Maurice, Rachel Adedeji (“Champion”) as Funmi,...
- 6/27/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
During Netflix’s What’s Next Event, Rapman announced that production has now wrapped on his superpower series at Netflix ‘Supacell.’
With that announcement, Rapman also announced that Eddie Marsan is a part of the cast.
The 6 episode series is about a group of five ordinary people who unexpectedly develop superpowers. They have little in common except for one thing: they are all Black South Londoners. It is down to one man, Michael Lasaki, to bring them all together in order to save the woman he loves, it is down to one man, Michael Lasaki, to bring them all together in order to save the woman he loves.
Also in news – Arnold Schwarzenegger set for Scott Waugh’s action thriller ‘Breakout’
Cast previously announced includes Tosin Cole (61st, Street, Till, Ear for Eye) as Michael, Nadine Mills (Sliced and The Weekend) as Sabrina, Eric Kofi Abrefa (Blue Story, Bmf) as Andre,...
With that announcement, Rapman also announced that Eddie Marsan is a part of the cast.
The 6 episode series is about a group of five ordinary people who unexpectedly develop superpowers. They have little in common except for one thing: they are all Black South Londoners. It is down to one man, Michael Lasaki, to bring them all together in order to save the woman he loves, it is down to one man, Michael Lasaki, to bring them all together in order to save the woman he loves.
Also in news – Arnold Schwarzenegger set for Scott Waugh’s action thriller ‘Breakout’
Cast previously announced includes Tosin Cole (61st, Street, Till, Ear for Eye) as Michael, Nadine Mills (Sliced and The Weekend) as Sabrina, Eric Kofi Abrefa (Blue Story, Bmf) as Andre,...
- 4/27/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Eddie Marsan has joined the cast of Supacell, Blue Story director Rapman’s Netflix drama series about a group of South Londoners who develop superpowers.
Marsan will play a character named Ray in the show, which has now wrapped shooting in London. No launch date has been set.
The series will follow five ordinary Black South Londoners with little in common who unexpectedly develop superpowers. One man Michael Lasaki (Tosin Cole) has to bring them all together in order to save the woman he loves.
“Eddie has just got such a good energy,” said Rapman at a Netflix See What’s Next Event in London last night. “He is a legend, such a nice human. He was making me feel like Scorsese on set.” Watch him talk about the series in a behind-the-scenes promo tape below.
Marsan joins a cast that includes Cole, Nadine Mills as Sabrina, Eric Kofi Abrefa as Andre, Calvin Demba as Rodney, Josh Tedeku as Tazer, Adelayo Adedayo as Dionne, Rayxia Ojo as Sharleen and Giacomo Mancini as Spud.
Rapman (aka Andrew Onwubolu) serves as showrunner, creator and lead director on the six part series with Sebastian Thiel directing half the episodes.
Joanna Crow is series producer, with Sheila Nortley block 2 producer and associate producer. Geraldine Hawkins serves as Co-Producer. Rapman is executive producer alongside Anna Ferguson and Steve Searle for Netflix and Mouktar Mohammed of New Wave. Henrietta Lee is associate producer for New Wave.
“Do not forget the name Supacell.”
Writer/director @RealRapman takes us behind the scenes of his upcoming Netflix series following five ordinary people who unexpectedly develop superpowers. pic.twitter.com/oizn8WKyv2
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) April 27, 2023...
Marsan will play a character named Ray in the show, which has now wrapped shooting in London. No launch date has been set.
The series will follow five ordinary Black South Londoners with little in common who unexpectedly develop superpowers. One man Michael Lasaki (Tosin Cole) has to bring them all together in order to save the woman he loves.
“Eddie has just got such a good energy,” said Rapman at a Netflix See What’s Next Event in London last night. “He is a legend, such a nice human. He was making me feel like Scorsese on set.” Watch him talk about the series in a behind-the-scenes promo tape below.
Marsan joins a cast that includes Cole, Nadine Mills as Sabrina, Eric Kofi Abrefa as Andre, Calvin Demba as Rodney, Josh Tedeku as Tazer, Adelayo Adedayo as Dionne, Rayxia Ojo as Sharleen and Giacomo Mancini as Spud.
Rapman (aka Andrew Onwubolu) serves as showrunner, creator and lead director on the six part series with Sebastian Thiel directing half the episodes.
Joanna Crow is series producer, with Sheila Nortley block 2 producer and associate producer. Geraldine Hawkins serves as Co-Producer. Rapman is executive producer alongside Anna Ferguson and Steve Searle for Netflix and Mouktar Mohammed of New Wave. Henrietta Lee is associate producer for New Wave.
“Do not forget the name Supacell.”
Writer/director @RealRapman takes us behind the scenes of his upcoming Netflix series following five ordinary people who unexpectedly develop superpowers. pic.twitter.com/oizn8WKyv2
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) April 27, 2023...
- 4/27/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox Sports Films has announced the upcoming original documentary “David Ortiz: Legend of the Fall,” spotlighting Boston Red Sox veteran and Fox MLB analyst Ortiz (aka Big Papi). The sports documentary is set to premiere Oct. 14 on FS1.
“David Ortiz: Legend of the Fall” follows the baseball career and legacy of Ortiz, from the Red Sox’s three World Series championships to his Hall of Fame induction. The documentary film features exclusive interviews with various teammates and rivals, along with behind-the-scenes footage showcasing Ortiz’s intimate moments and celebrations.
“This film sends the message to my fans that if you have faith and don’t quit, you can achieve your dreams,” said Ortiz in a statement. “I was very fortunate to achieve mine and I am humbled by my entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame. I am honored that Fox Sports, Check Point Productions and my very own Big Papi Productions...
“David Ortiz: Legend of the Fall” follows the baseball career and legacy of Ortiz, from the Red Sox’s three World Series championships to his Hall of Fame induction. The documentary film features exclusive interviews with various teammates and rivals, along with behind-the-scenes footage showcasing Ortiz’s intimate moments and celebrations.
“This film sends the message to my fans that if you have faith and don’t quit, you can achieve your dreams,” said Ortiz in a statement. “I was very fortunate to achieve mine and I am humbled by my entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame. I am honored that Fox Sports, Check Point Productions and my very own Big Papi Productions...
- 10/3/2022
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix’s Rapman-created Supacell series, about a group of regular people who gain superpowers, is up, up and away with Tosin Cole (61st Street) signed on to play lead character Michael Lasaki. Filming begins in South London on Monday.
Speaking exclusively to Deadline, Blue Story creator Rapman Aka Andrew Onwabolu said Cole’s Michael is a “van driver, an everyday working man, who’s deep in love” with Dionne, played by Adelayo Adedayo (The Responder).
The cast also includes Nadine Mills (The Weekend), Eric Kofi Abrefa, Calvin Demba (The Rig), Josh Tedeku (Moonhaven), Rayxia Ojo (Call The Midwife) and Giacomo Mancini (Top Boy).
Commissioned in 2021, the six-part superhero show sees a certain number of Black people in South London develop superpowers. Rapman is showrunner and lead director and Sebastian Thiel (Dreaming Whilst Black) will direct three of the episodes.
Cole’s casting...
Speaking exclusively to Deadline, Blue Story creator Rapman Aka Andrew Onwabolu said Cole’s Michael is a “van driver, an everyday working man, who’s deep in love” with Dionne, played by Adelayo Adedayo (The Responder).
The cast also includes Nadine Mills (The Weekend), Eric Kofi Abrefa, Calvin Demba (The Rig), Josh Tedeku (Moonhaven), Rayxia Ojo (Call The Midwife) and Giacomo Mancini (Top Boy).
Commissioned in 2021, the six-part superhero show sees a certain number of Black people in South London develop superpowers. Rapman is showrunner and lead director and Sebastian Thiel (Dreaming Whilst Black) will direct three of the episodes.
Cole’s casting...
- 8/11/2022
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Deborah Ayorinde (“Them”) and Hugh Quarshie (“Stephen”) lead the cast of six-part Amazon Studio and ITV drama series “Riches,” production on which has commenced in London.
The series, created and written by Abby Ajayi (“How to Get Away With Murder”), is produced by Greenacre Films. It follows the exploits of the brash, super-successful, and wealthy Richards family. When Stephen Richards suffers a sudden medical emergency, the family’s world comes crashing down. As his life hangs in the balance, his different sets of children are about to collide.
Ayorinde stars as Nina, the estranged daughter of self-made millionaire, Stephen Richards, played by Quarshie. Sarah Niles (“Ted Lasso”) plays Stephen’s second wife, Claudia, Brendan Coyle (“Downton Abbey”) his trusted advisor and confidante, Gideon, and Hermione Norris (“Luther”) as his faithful assistant, Maureen Dawson.
The cast also includes Adeyinka Akinrinade (“Top Boy”), Ola Orebiyi (“Cherry”), C.J. Beckford (“Sitting in Limbo”) Nneka Okoye...
The series, created and written by Abby Ajayi (“How to Get Away With Murder”), is produced by Greenacre Films. It follows the exploits of the brash, super-successful, and wealthy Richards family. When Stephen Richards suffers a sudden medical emergency, the family’s world comes crashing down. As his life hangs in the balance, his different sets of children are about to collide.
Ayorinde stars as Nina, the estranged daughter of self-made millionaire, Stephen Richards, played by Quarshie. Sarah Niles (“Ted Lasso”) plays Stephen’s second wife, Claudia, Brendan Coyle (“Downton Abbey”) his trusted advisor and confidante, Gideon, and Hermione Norris (“Luther”) as his faithful assistant, Maureen Dawson.
The cast also includes Adeyinka Akinrinade (“Top Boy”), Ola Orebiyi (“Cherry”), C.J. Beckford (“Sitting in Limbo”) Nneka Okoye...
- 11/11/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Studios has boarded ITV’s forthcoming Succession-like drama Riches, with Them’s Deborah Ayorinde and Stephen’s Hugh Quarshie joining the cast as production kicks off in London.
The show from How To Get Away With Murder writer Abby Ajayi will premiere on Amazon Prime in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Nordics and Sub-Saharan Africa. Amazon and ITV previously tied on Kate Beckinsale drama The Widow.
Joining Ayorinde and Quarshie are Ted Lasso’s Sarah Niles, Downton Abbey’s Brendan Coyle and Luther’s Hermione Norris, along with Adeyinka Akinrinade, Ola Orebiyi, C.J. Beckford Nneka Okoye and Emmanuel Imani.
Revealed exclusively by Deadline a year ago, Riches, which spans New York and London, comes from Been So Long producer Greenacre Films in association...
The show from How To Get Away With Murder writer Abby Ajayi will premiere on Amazon Prime in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Nordics and Sub-Saharan Africa. Amazon and ITV previously tied on Kate Beckinsale drama The Widow.
Joining Ayorinde and Quarshie are Ted Lasso’s Sarah Niles, Downton Abbey’s Brendan Coyle and Luther’s Hermione Norris, along with Adeyinka Akinrinade, Ola Orebiyi, C.J. Beckford Nneka Okoye and Emmanuel Imani.
Revealed exclusively by Deadline a year ago, Riches, which spans New York and London, comes from Been So Long producer Greenacre Films in association...
- 11/11/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Below is episode 1 of Sebastian Thiel’s new BBC Three short-form digital comedy series “Just a Couple,” which follows millennials Mark and Shavon, and the trials and tribulations they face in a modern world of social media, “Netflix Cheating” and… Continue Reading →...
- 3/10/2017
- by shadowandact
- ShadowAndAct
Below, check out a trailer for an upcoming new BBC Three short-form digital comedy series created and written by Sebastian Thiel, titled “Just a Couple,” which follows millennial couple Mark and Shavon, and the trials and tribulations they face in… Continue Reading →...
- 3/6/2017
- by shadowandact
- ShadowAndAct
Check out this trailer for British writer/director Sebastian Thiel's upcoming 4-part web series, Adots Apprentice, which is a parody of Mark Burnett's The Apprentice reality TV show franchise, which originated in the USA, and has since seen versions in other parts of the world, including the UK. Theil's web series spook is backed by Elevation Networks and UpShot TV and is co-written by Dionne Reid & Babatunde Aleshe. The cast includes: Afolabi Dasaolu, Kevin Gary, Michael Salami, Andrew Apraku, Sophie Miller, Melissa Perry, Marlon Kameka, Ben Fawcett, and more. Last year, we featured Thiel's spoof of the comedy cult classic...
- 12/26/2013
- by Natasha Greeves
- ShadowAndAct
The winners of the inaugural Screen Nation Digital-iS Media Awards for short films and other online content were announced this week at Google HQ in London.
The awards presented on Dec 17 honoured the best black online content creators from the UK and internationally and worked in conjunction with the Vox Africa TV channel. Sponsorship came from Google and Afrinolly.
Types of media rewarded included short films, web series, music promos, blogs, magazines and social networks.
The award for Favourite short film, voted for by viewers on the day of the awards, went to Sebastien Thiel’s Illegal Activity. The film follows Winston, a drug dealer on a rough housing estate whose trade has devastating effects on the area.
Favourite actor went to Zephryn Tate for his work in webseries Brothers With No Game, which follows the failed social and romantic lives of four twenty-somethings and also won Favourite ensemble.
The Favourite actress award was won by [link...
The awards presented on Dec 17 honoured the best black online content creators from the UK and internationally and worked in conjunction with the Vox Africa TV channel. Sponsorship came from Google and Afrinolly.
Types of media rewarded included short films, web series, music promos, blogs, magazines and social networks.
The award for Favourite short film, voted for by viewers on the day of the awards, went to Sebastien Thiel’s Illegal Activity. The film follows Winston, a drug dealer on a rough housing estate whose trade has devastating effects on the area.
Favourite actor went to Zephryn Tate for his work in webseries Brothers With No Game, which follows the failed social and romantic lives of four twenty-somethings and also won Favourite ensemble.
The Favourite actress award was won by [link...
- 12/19/2013
- ScreenDaily
While Ice Cube and Chris Tucker work out details on what will be the 4th movie in the Friday franchise, here's a trailer for a UK-produced spoof of the hit original cult classic, titled, what else, Friday UK. But don't worry, it's not an actual movie that's coming (at least, not yet); as is noted at the start of the trailer, the Sebastian Thiel/Upshot TV production is just a UK tribute to the original film, and there won't be a full feature film of Friday UK. It was done just for fun... or so they say. Something tells me that if this goes super viral (it's been played almost 40,000 times thus far, since it was made public on YouTube about 2 weeks ago),...
- 11/23/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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