by Thinus Ferreira
The fantasy drama series In Your Dreams billed as an action-adventure drama show is the title of the first South African scripted series from Amazon Studios.
Following a year after Netflix SA's supernatural drama series The Brave Ones that was released in September 2022, In Your Dreams will make its debut on 24 November on Amazon Prime Video as the first scripted Amazon Studios South African Original on the streaming service.
In Your Dreams has already completed filming and was commissioned a while ago but Amazon Studios is only announcing its existence now.
Didintle Khuno, Jesse Suntele and Kiroshan Naidoo star in the fantasy series of six episodes following three friends going on an adventure involving "the living dead and cursed statues".
Produced by Motion Story, the official logline for In Your Dreams reads: "In Your Dreams centres on
down-at-heel best friends and business partners Lloyd (Kiroshan Naidoo) and
Marcus (Jesse Suntele), who accidentally awaken an ancient spirit when they
encounter Marcus' schoolboy crush, adventuring relic hunter and antiquities
dealer Dineo (Didintle Khunou)".
"With horrifying and hilarious results, the malevolent
spirit will show our intrepid adventurers what they're truly willing to do to
make their most heartfelt dreams come true."
"A parable about the power of family
– both the ones we're born into and the ones we create ourselves – the series
spans across mystical caves and sacred burial grounds to modern cities and the
African bushveldt."
The rest of the cast of In Your Dreams includes Sello Maake Ka Ncube,
Thando Thabethe, Khabonina Qubeka, Anthony Oseyemi, Tshamano Sebe and Nqobile
Sipamla.
