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Showing posts with label Bomb Productions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bomb Productions. Show all posts
Thursday, July 3, 2025

M-Net declines to give media screeners for season 2 of Bomb Productions' Shaka iLembe on Mzansi Magic, says press can watch it on Sunday nights

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by Thinus Ferreira M-Net's publicity division has declined to provide South Africa's media with any screeners of episodes of the new...
Wednesday, July 2, 2025

MultiChoice sends out its own 'review' for Shaka iLembe that looks like it was done by AI, with its Playmakers PR agency saying Mzansi Magic's second season script 'resists the urge to rush'.

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by Thinus Ferreira MultiChoice and M-Net have sent out a "review", done by itself for its own TV show - and apparently written by ...
Thursday, July 18, 2024

Becky Casting owner admits she lured hundreds to kiddie tent camps with fake promises to star as Shaka iLembe extras.

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photos: The Devi Show/e.tv by Thinus Ferreira Casting agent Becky Dube who plunged production of MultiChoice and South Africa's most exp...
Friday, May 31, 2024

Shaka iLembe: Bomb Productions extras threatened as Sasfed calls for full investigation over exploitation.

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by Thinus Ferreira As extras and potential extras have now had threats made against their lives if they dare to speak out about their horrif...
Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Two crew members of Bomb Productions die while working on MultiChoice's second season of Shaka Ilembe.

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by Thinus Ferreira Two crew members, including a make-up artist, working for Bomb Productions on the second season of MultiChoice and M-Net...
Monday, July 3, 2023

Director, writer, producer and Bomb Productions director company Teboho Mahlatsi dead at 49.

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by Thinus Ferreira The acclaimed writer, producer and director Teboho Mahlatsi who was a co-creator of the hit SABC series Yizo Yizo and wh...
Saturday, June 17, 2023

Netflix adds Shaka Zulu before Mzansi Magic’s Shaka iLembe debut.

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by Thinus Ferreira Netflix has acquired and added 1986's iconic 10-episode Shaka Zulu drama series just before MultiChoice and M-Net...
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

After 4 years, filming finally starts on M-Net's Shaka Ilembe drama series from MultiChoice and Bomb Productions, Lemogang Tsipa to portray adult Zulu king.

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by Thinus Ferreira Four years after announcing it in May 2018  and languishing in a seemingly protracted pre-production doldrum, filming ha...
Wednesday, June 9, 2021

e.tv brings viewers a South African type of The Bold and the Beautiful with new fashion world-set House of Zwide that replaces Rhythm City as primetime soap from 19 July.

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by Thinus Ferreira e.tv is replacing its cancelled primetime soap Rhythm City  with a type of South African The Bold and the Beautiful , wit...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

Location scouting underway, casting starting soon, for MultiChoice and M-Net's iconic new Shaka drama series.

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Location scouting has started and casting will begin soon to find an "iconic" place and actors to film M-Net's South Africa...
Tuesday, June 18, 2019

DStv subscribers keep increasing although MultiChoice continues to lose top-end DStv Premium customers who no longer see it as offering enough value for money.

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MultiChoice has shown another increase in its overall number of DStv subscribers although the African-based pay-TV operator continues to ...
Monday, December 3, 2018

Netflix to finally commission some original series from Africa in 2019.

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Netflix says it will finally commission some original series from Africa in 2019, with the global video streaming service confirming that...