EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Freevee has given a series greenlight to a coming-of-age drama from Queen Sono creator Kagiso Lediga and writer Camilo Saloojee, Skybound Galactic, a part of Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment, Johannesburg-based producer Diprente and Sony Pictures Television.
Created by Lediga and Saloojee, the eight-episode Untitled Kagiso Lediga series follows Ella Gardner as her life is turned upside down when she is uprooted from her native Oakland, California to Johannesburg, South Africa to live with her estranged father and his new family.
Immersed in a complex world and culture that she knows little about, Ella will discover her true path on her quest to return home.
The series is written by Lediga, who also directs, Saloojee, Meja Shoba, Christopher Steenkamp, and Nomawonga Khumalo. Diprente’s Lediga and Tamsin Andersson executive produce with Skybound’s, Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Rick Jacobs, Sean Furst and Bryan Furst.
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