Roundups #130: Iwayu Created By Set To Debut On Cartoon Network In 2024, Zoey 101 Is Getting A Feature Film On Paramount+ And Conspiracy Theory Surrounding kykNET Lekker's Availability Finally Revealed

New Nigerian animated series loading on Cartoon Network

Based on the graphic novel series from writer Roye Okupe and artist Godwin Akpan, HBO Max and Cartoon Network's upcoming Iyanu: Child of Wonder will be heavily influenced by the Yoruba people of Nigeria.

Financed and overseen by Lion Forge Animation, the 2024 animated TV series chronicles the tale of Iyanu, an orphaned teenage girl with no memories of her upbringing who yearns for a simple, normal life. Those dreams get shattered when a set of circumstances triggers Iyanu's dormant divine abilities. Teaming up with two other teenagers, Iyanu embarks on a quest to confront the Corrupt, a great evil rising in their homeland that threatens humanity. Along the way, Iyanu will slowly uncover the truth about her past, parents, powers, and destiny as the Chosen One.

The epic superhero adventure promises to draw from Nigerian culture, music, and lore. In addition, creator Okupe has written and directed multiple episodes. Lion Forge's head of production Saxton Moore, who serves as supervising director, and executive producer David Steward II recently spoke about adapting the graphic novel, cultural representation, Iyanu's quest, and anime influences.

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Another Nickelodeon revival gets the greenlit for Paramount+

Zoey 101 star Jamie Lynn Spears announced on Instagram a reboot of the Nickelodeon series, titled Zoey 102, is coming to Paramount+.

“IT’S OFFICIAL! 🎬 Are you ready…. @paramountplus @nickelodeon,” Spears wrote in her Instagram caption on Thursday, teasing the show’s iconic theme song, which she sang.

The film was written by Monica Sherer and Madeline Whitby, according to the script shown in the Instagram post. Variety reported on Thursday that production has begun on the movie, and it is expected to be released later this year.

The Instagram post shows a photo featuring the names of some of the original characters, including Chase (Sean Flynn), Logan (Matthew Underwood), Michael (Christopher Massey), Quinn (Erin Sanders), and Stacey (Abby Wilde).

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kykNET Lekker is part of a mysterious open window

In December 2022, MultiChoice opened up kykNET Lekker (DStv 148) which was exclusive to only Access customers to their DStv Premium, Compact+, Compact and Family with not much info available as it occurred prior to the festive holidays.

As school's reopened and consumers reverted back to their daily lives, a source at kykNET was able to confirm that kykNET Lekker is in fact an open window but couldn't provide any more details other than what you already heard.

Basically, the kykNET Lekker's open window is what has been seen from 2022 - a mystery. The channel isn't listed on other packages compared to when channels like Nickelodeon have open windows and them listed on that package and the other having to be the lack of info regarding the channel.

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Returning Shows: Twist Of Fate 6 + This Is Fate 4 + Unfortunate Love 2 + Meet In Love 2 Coming In 2023 To Zee World

Last year, a lot of upcoming productions were unveiled for the Zee branded channels and to date we promised readers more glimpses to the new year with the launches of Razia Sultan, Broken Bonds, Every Girl's Dream and It's Not Easy To Love.

Now we present more B-sides entertainment coming soon to the channel later in the year as promised, take to account the network divides the episodes so the synopsis might not be quite what it turns to be at this point:

1. Twist Of Fate 6

The never ending series follows Sid and Rhea are now divorced. Ranbir turns out to be a successful businessman whereas Sushma who is Pragya's mentor tries to console a heartbroken Prachi. Prachi decides to move on and focus on her career with Sushma's help but gets to know that she is pregnant with Ranbir's child.

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It stars Mugdha Chaphekar and Krishna Kaul as the second generation leads.

2. This Is Fate 4

Follows Preeta who has given birth to her and Karan's baby, a daughter, Kavya. A mysterious man named Arjun Suryavanshi, who is infact Karan who had a plastic surgery plus a memory loss after his accident, makes an entry into her life to whom she feels drawn to.

It stars it stars Shraddha Arya, Manit Joura, Ruhi Chaturvedi, Sanjay Gagnani and Shakti Arora.

3. Unfortunate Love 2

Hailing from a middle-class Punjabi Hindu family, the Bajwas are all set to get their eldest daughter Lakshmi married to Varun. However, when Lakshmi and her family are on their way to the mandap in a bus, a storm hits and the bus ends up dangling over a cliff. Everyone except Lakshmi’s parents manages to get out of the bus okay.

It stars Aishwarya Khare, Rohit Suchanti, Munira Kudrati and Aman Gandhi.

4. Meet In Love 2

Takes place a year after the first season, Meet is actually alive. She is in the form of Manjari Desai who hails from Vadodara to find her baby. She is all set to take seek revenge from Manushi, Kunal and Masoom for taking away her family, husband and child.

The show stars Ashi Singh and Shagun Pandey in the lead-roles.

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Brand-New Seasons Of Forged In Fire, American Pickers, Mountain Men, The Curse Of Oak Island And More On History Channel

The new year is off to a jam-packed start, with the latest seasons of many returning fan-favourites on the HISTORY® Channel Africa (DStv 186) in January. February brings with it, other exclusive new shows.

Forged in Fire is back on Mondays at 20h15 (started 9 January). Some of the best bladed weapon-makers will again go head-to-head. In season nine they’re forging everything from ninja blades to wilderness blades, to Sawback machetes. The smiths will also go head to head in a five-episode event where the forge is transformed into a Gladiator’s arena for an epic competition unlike anything before. Who will become the first Gladiator of the Forge?

Season 19 of long running favourite American Pickers airs every Wednesdays at 20h15. In their mission to recycle America, this season Mike Wolfe, owner of Antique Archaeology, and his business partner, Frank Fritz, discover exciting treasures like a Hollywood collection with never before seen photos of Marilyn Monroe, American Civil War revolvers and a baseball signed by one of the greatest players of all times. They’re also delighted to visit an old hangar along Route 66 with a jaw-dropping vintage car collection.

DStv Flex:
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Then, catch season 11 of Mountain Men (starts 12 January) on Thursday evenings at 19h25. The series continues to tell the story of skilled frontiersmen who’ve chosen a unique way of life deep in America’s wilderness. In this latest season, Montana’s Tom and Nancy Oar prepare for the long winter ahead, Jake Herak and Anika Ward fire up their chainsaws to begin building a homestead and in Idaho, Kidd and Harry Youren hunt a black bear that tore up their camp.

‘Mystery Season’ on the HISTORY Channel Africa starts on 20 January with the new season of The Curse of Oak Island, every Friday evening at 20h15. In the monumental 10th season of the wildly popular series, brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, along with their team, return to make the most strategic effort ever attempted to solve the 227-year-old Oak Island mystery. After obtaining high traces of both silver and gold one year ago in the ‘Money Pit’ area, the team will work with a geoscientist to pinpoint the exact location of the possible treasure. A new core-drilling operation will offer incredible breakthroughs including the discovery of man-made tunnels and chambers potentially related to a treasure deposit.

Also, part of ‘Mystery Season’ is a brand-new series which follows an elite team of underwater detectives as they attempt to identify wrecks found within the Bermuda Triangle – a hotbed for unexplained disappearances dating back hundreds of years. The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters, starts 6 February and airs on Mondays at 19h25. Each week the team will attempt to identify one mystery wreck, along the way evaluating the evidence behind legends and scientific theories like rogue waves, giant methane bubbles, ship-sucking whirlpools, and dead zones that bewilder equipment and planes. But on the ocean floor, the team makes historic and important discoveries that go beyond myth and conjecture.

Finally, an all-new epic docuseries that viewers won’t want to miss is the eight-part Colosseum. Through expert interviews and live-action re-enactments, the series looks to capture the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through one of the most brutal arenas in the history of humanity – the Colosseum.

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Each episode focuses on a key character from the Colosseum and the Roman Empire as the series chronologically examines the arena’s opening day to its very last games. From the savage truth of a gladiator’s life as a slave, to the fascinating revelation of the many ways Rome’s Emperors used the vast amphitheatre to demonstrate their absolute power, Colosseum offers viewers a unique and personal look inside history’s most iconic empire every Sunday at 21h05 (starting 5 February).

Tune in to the HISTORY Channel Africa, on DStv 186, for these and other new seasons of fan-favourites and all-new series.

Afrikaans Voice Actors For Daai Crazy Somer Including Additional Cast Members For Die Put Season 2 And Elif Season 3

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Daai Crazy Somer

Staain Bruwer as Ahmet Tunali
Elzabe Zietsman as Emel Yaman
Adrian Steyn as Sancaktar
Kevin Smith as Selcuk Taskin
Markus Haywood as Akgun Gokalp Taskin
Steven Sterling as Arda Ates
Caidan Bouwer as Altay Kara
Rowlen Ethelbert Von Gericke as Kaan Gok
Jacques Gombault as Selim Kara
Francois Coertze as Metin Yaman
Natasja Jacobs as Serap Gok
Zetske Van Pietsen as Canan Kara
Izel Bezuidenhout as Yagmur Jasmine Kara

Die Put

Keeno-Lee Hector as Sedat
Marcel Van Heerden as Yücel
Cantona James as Azer
Wilhelm Van Der Walt as Selim
Conradie Van Heerden as Timsah

Elif

Roxanne Blaise as Layla
Izaan Du Toit as Sitare