He added that Comic Republic is well-suited for this deal because the company has worked hard over the past 10 years to build an interconnected superhero universe in its comics. Courtesy Inkblot ProductionsĪmazon's going to Nollywood - and its deals with studios could shake up one of the world's most prolific filmmaking hubs “I’ve always wanted to show that you can provide quality output out of Africa, because at the time we started, there wasn’t any such thing coming out of the continent,” said the Comic Republic CEO.įounders of Inkblot Productions (L-R) Chinaza Onuzo, Zulumoke Oyibo and Damola Ademola. Martin told CNN he is looking forward to working with UCP to give African stories much-needed global representation. He added that he is excited about the “incredible world of stories and characters built by the wonderful team at Comic Republic.” “I’m just amped all the way up to work with our partners to build an entirely new, entirely different comic book universe that will entertain and inspire,” Hinds said of the deal in a press release.

Through his studio, Mad Massive Entertainment, Hinds will work with UCP and the Comic Republic team to execute the production. The new live-action TV series will be produced by Guyanese American screenwriter and comic book creator, Selwyn Seyfu Hinds. Since its inception 10 years ago, Comic Republic has created and conceptualized dozens of comic book characters and stories.

In the Vanguards Universe, heroes come together as humankind’s first line of defense, protecting the people of Lagos from members of the first race seeking to punish them. The “ Vanguards” comics tell the story of members of the “first race,” who have superhuman powers. In a “first-of-its-kind partnership,” American television production studio Universal Content Production (UCP), which operates within the Universal Studio Group, announced that a number of TV shows will be developed based on characters from Comic Republic’s “Vanguards.”

That childhood dream would come true when Martin started Comic Republic in 2013, a Nigerian multimedia company focused on creating and distributing original African comic books – a dream that took an even bigger leap forward last week. I used to put a blank paper underneath the comics and trace them,” he said. I just loved them and what they stood for. Growing up, Jide Martin’s dream was to create a universe of superheroes like the ones in the comic books he read as a teenager.

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