Possibly Cancelled. Still No Update Of A Unicorn: Warriors Eternal Season 2 On Adult Swim

Unicorn: Warriors Eternal is an American adult animated fantasy television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky and aired on Cartoon Network's night-time programming block Adult Swim. The series stars the voices of Hazel Doupe, Demari Hunte, and Tom Milligan. 

Tartakovsky originally conceived Unicorn: Warriors Eternal in his early days at Cartoon Network Studios. The series took almost 20 years to get made, with Tartakovsky pitching it to various studios before it was picked up by Cartoon Network and HBO Max.

The series premiered on Adult Swim from May 5, 2023 and concluded on June 30, 2023 literally a year ago with only 10 episodes. Although a second has yet to be commissioned by the network, Tartakovsky has expressed interest in doing multiple seasons.

Why Unicorn: Warriors Eternal may not be returning with a season 2?

No one at Cartoon Network, Adult Swim or Warner Bros. Animation not even Genndy Tartakovsky has talked about the show. As for the creator, he's currently working on Heist Safari and a third season to Primal for the mentioned brands.

If anything, it's possible that with Warner Bros. Discovery being cash constraint that they rather put their focus on lesser projects. Even with Tartakovsky already working on these projects it's possible he may not be able to pencil in Unicorn: Warriors Eternals.

Another theory that comes to mind is the possibility of it being a miniseries I mean that's happened with Infinity Train but surprisingly got additional seasons. Both of which had their first seasons end with a question mark with one that was eventually renewed.

Even My Adventures With Superman which was originally commissioned by Cartoon Network before moving to Adult Swim. Unlike Unicorn: Warriors Eternal, Superman got a 2 season renewal but with that concluding soon was renewed for a season 3.

Canal+ Original Series. Shaka Ilembe Now Airing On Canal+ Première In Other African Countries

New CANAL+Original series, Shaka Ilembe is the greatest epic series ever made around Shaka Zulu, the mythical and powerful Zulu king of the 18th century. From his childhood to his rise to his fall, Shaka Ilembe retraces in 12 52-minute episodes a great African destiny to be discovered from July 1 on CANAL +Première.

War, revenge and...love story 

With the series Shaka Ilembe CANAL+ Original takes on one of the most emblematic figures in African history: King Shaka who succeeded in building an empire by uniting more than 100 chiefdoms into one kingdom Zulu. All the same, you should not expect exclusively a series of clan wars ending in bloodshed. 

On the contrary, from the first episode we are caught up in the budding love story between Princess Nandi, daughter of Mbengi, and Senzanghakona, son of King Jama of the Zulus, Shaka's parents. Thanks to the brilliant interpretation of the actors, the natural settings magnified by the direction of photography and the richness of the costumes, we are catapulted to the 18th century, in South Africa, and we want to stay there.

A meeting with History 

The series required 6 years of work and a large behind-the-scenes team of historians, intellectuals, traditional leaders, guardians of oral history, royal advisors and the very descendants of Shaka's family to that the work is as close aspossible to historical reality. The result is astonishingly true and the reconstructions of the villages, rituals and dances are very successful. The Zulu dialogues are subtitled in the original version.

Shaka Ilembe, exclusively on CANAL+ Première, every Monday from July 1 at 8:30 p.m., two new episodes per evening.

For those wondering why it is regarded as Canal+ instead of M-Net it has nothing to do with the pending acquisition of MultiChoice. But rather Canal+ acquired French rights to the show hence "Canal+ Original Series" again nothing shocking about this.

eMedia Investments sources most of eExtra's Kuiertyd content from Turkey with production house Verklank credited for the dubs. Then there's Netflix licensing agreements with Nickelodeon, DreamWorks and Telemundo hence "Netflix Original/Exclusive".

Could M-Net Become A Dumping Ground For Canal+?

As some readers are aware, Canal+ and MultiChoice are currently finalizing terms of the acquisition as they seek approval from local legislation. With lingering concerns surrounding the fate of MultiChoice's linear offering once Canal+ gains ownership.

M-Net is a pay-tv channel curated exclusively from MultiChoice that offers a mix of content international and locally produced. Founded in 1986, it offers original shows like Reyka and Carte Blanche alongside third party shows like House Of Dragons and Euphoria. 

Despite its continued efforts to supply fresh of the cinema releases, M-Net has been struggling to retain audiences and this is due to increased competition from Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+.

Prior to Canal+ attempts at MultiChoice, the French broadcaster had been gobbling up stakes in the company and also co-produced/licensed several shows for M-Net. This included Blood & Psalms, Spinners, Midnight Sun and Ride Upon A Storm. 

Seeing as Canal+ broadcasting license would be required by law in South Africa to be limited at 20%. It means the only hope they have own investing locally would be growing organically meaning launching their own channel(s) for these endeavors. 

M-Net being one of those TV channels with the most Canal it wouldn't seem far fetched if they started there. While the channel relied on third party content for a vast majority of its lineup these endeavors could see it getting further reduced.

As mentioned, M-Net is struggling to retain its audience in the world dominant by Netflix. In America, this had led to TV channels getting closed if not less original or imported content while others like 1Max promote the bulk of content from Showmax.

Unlike Mzansi Magic, M-Net endeavors wouldn't stem from South Africa entirely as Canal+'s StudioCanal had been filming Huntington in Cape Town which ensembles international stars Glen Powell (Hit Man), Jessica Henwick (The Matrix Resurrection) and Ed Harris.

DELAYED. Op Dun Ys Will Now Stream On eVOD In October With Een Wit Leuen Added To The Platform

Op Dun Ys was originally slated to stream on eVOD later in the week but due to unforseen circumstances it was delayed to October. Instead eVOD will be rolling out another family drama titled Een Wit Leuen (known in Turkey as Benim Tatli Yalanim).

Abandoned by his wife, Nejat is lying to his daughter not to be upset. But as Kayra grows, these lies become unbearable and as he is trapped in the corner meets Suna. With Suna's entry into their lives, both Nejat and Kayra's world is completely changed.

Produced by O3 Medya for Star TV, debuted in 2019 and was Turkey’s top-performing drama series in the summer of that year, according to Eccho Rights. Several adaptations had been filmed by Markiza (Mom For Rent, Slovenia) and Open TV (Like A Lie, Greek).

It starred Furkan Palali as Nejat Yilmaz, Asli Bekiroglu as Suna Dogan, Lavinya Ünlüer as Kayra Yilmaz, Gonca Sariyildiz as Hande Eymen, Asli Inandik as Saniye Dogan and Cem Zeynel Kiliç as Hayri Hicdurmaz.

In other developments, Scandal! will also be airing on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:30 extending new episodes to 7 days a week. Making them the first broadcaster in South Africa to do so with Zee World, Star Life and Telemundo hailing from a third world country.

Development Alert (Rumour): Global TV News Channel Coming Soon To DStv

Global TV Abuja is established as a private media organisation in 2023 by Bagauda Private Media Broadcast Limited, and incorporated under the Companies & Allied Matters Act 2020, with company registration No.1988705.

Having also satisfied the conditions laid down by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Bagauda Media Broadcast Limited was granted license to operate direct satellite broadcasting service (DBS) for an initial term of five years, subject to renewal commencing from 02/03/2023-01/03/2028.

Global TV broadcasts nationwide, while “building the nation” is its motto. With this in mind, the station has the mandate to provide impartial television broadcasting services in current affairs, with the aim of providing the general public with access to information, education, sports and entertainment.

Some of the segments currently viewed on the channel include Global Morning, Big Talk, Midday Discourse and News Prime.

Serving 20 million people, Global TV Abuja currently resides within StarTimes channel 276 with several outlets reporting a possible rollout on DStv later in the month. The channel is said to be taking up the 365 frequency for consumers in Nigeria.