Movies, animation, comics, gaming and tech. Want to know what’s happening in Africa and beyond? Here’s the Run Down for this week.
NEWS OUT OF AFRICA – Gaming/Comics
USONI is Available to Play!
Last year in 2020, Kenyan-based Jiwe Studios were hard at work on the Alpha build of their game, USONI. The platformer game is set in the year 2063, when Europe has exhausted all its resources and, in an ironic twist of fate, inhabitants of the West start risking their lives immigrating to Africa, the only place where the sun still shines.
It is now 2021 and it appears that the game developers have fruit for all their labour, as USONI is now available to play!
USONI has been released on the indie store, Itch.io and a PC and Android version of the game are available to download.
Check out more https://gamesindustryafrica.com/2021/02/26/usoni-now-available-on-itch-io/
A Brand New African Comic Is Out Today!
For four years South African-based company, Sanmi Crown Studios have been hard at work on a brand new African comic.
After receiving funding from a list of sponsors, backers and partners, Sanmi Crown Studios are now finally ready to release their comic to the world!
Make Way for Eya the Tribe
Today, 1st of March 2021, marks the release date of Sanmi Crown Studios’ comic Eya the Tribe.
Eya the Tribe is a pre-historic African based comic set in a Trio-verse that has been split apart by a great entity who seeks to wield the powerful forces that exist between the realms and, ultimately, rule them all.
A digital copy of the first issue will be made available to purchase.
Find out more http://www.sanmicrownstudio.co.za/sccomics.html
NEWS BEYOND AFRICA – Movies/Entertainment
Who is the Blue Beetle?
The Blue Beetle is the name of a superhero who first appeared in the 20th century in Fox Comics as the alter ego of a police officer named, Dan Garret. After that he was acquired by Charlton Comics and later became an athlete and inventor named Ted Kord. After Charlton Comics went out of business, Blue Beetle was bought by DC Comics and later became a young Latino man, named Jaime Keyes.
Since then Keyes has featured in the DC Comics and the DC animated series, Young Justice, and he is now set to have his very own film!
“Blue Beetle” is Becoming a Feature Film
DC Films and Warner Bros. have announced the pending production of a brand new feature film about the superhero Blue Beetle. The upcoming film will be based on the 2006 version of character and will feature the first ever Latino superhero.
“Blue Beetle” will follow the story of a young Mexican-American teenager named Jaime Reyes who receives a powerful blue suit of alien armour from a mysterious scarab.
The film’s cast has not yet been announced. But it has been confirmed that the feature will be directed by Angel Manuel Soto (Charm City Kings) and written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (Miss Bala, Scarface).
Find out more https://www.awn.com/news/angel-manuel-soto-direct-blue-beetle-first-latino-superhero-film