EXCLUSIVE: HBO is in development on the comedy series Flat Tyres from Fifth Season and co-creators Thabo Rametsi and Robbie Leacock.
The series follows a hapless gang of four deluded friends as they endlessly try – and fail – to become criminal kingpins of Cape Town’s most vibrant township.
Executive producers are Nicholas Hatton and Jason Woliner for Swindle Pictures as well as Matt Sadeghian and Geordan Somerville for Brillstein.
Rametsi is a multi-award-winning South African actor, writer, director, and producer who has starred in critically and commercially successful African films including the independent feature Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu as well as Amandla and Silverton Siege for Netflix.
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