Nthibah, Talent Digital Art team for toon

South African content company Nthibah Pictures and video game design studio Talent Digital Art have partnered to develop an animated sci-fi fantasy series inspired by a video game featured in Nthibah Pictures’ upcoming action-thriller film Boy Kills World.

Starring Bill Skarsgård and released via Lionsgate, Boy Kills World follows a deaf man who escapes to the jungle after his family is killed, and is trained by a mysterious mentor to enact vengeance on the murderers. The film is scheduled for release in the US later this month.

Nthibah Pictures and Talent Digital Art’s animated series is inspired by the Super Dragon Punch Force 3 video game that is featured in Boy Kills World. The series will follow a highly skilled yet dysfunctional team of misfits as they fight to defend their world from sentient robots, an ancient network of cultists and other intergalactic threats.

The series is created by Nthibah Pictures chairman Wayne Fitzjohn, with Mario Carvalhal (The Search for WondLa) attached to co-write with Talent Digital Art creative director Judd Fitzjohn (Redeeming Love). Fitzjohn and Nthibah Pictures CEO Simon Swart are producing.

As well as Boy Kills World, Nthibah’s recent work includes Redeeming Love, released by Universal Pictures, and Safta winner I Am All Girls, released by Netflix in 2021. Both Nthibah Pictures and Talent Digital Art are subsidiaries of the Talent10 Holdings Investment Group. Fitzjohn is founder and CEO of Talent10.

“I’m delighted that the stars have aligned and I was able to assemble this dream team to bring the Super Dragon Punch Force 3 universe to the next level,” said Fitzjohn. “There’s no question Mario’s exceptional writing talents will breathe life into this wildly imaginative series, and we can’t wait for cameras to roll on this exciting project.”

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