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‘Cold Harbour’ Producer Ten10 Expands, Jafta Mamabolo Joins as Head of Development (EXCLUSIVE)
Producer Tendeka Matatu’s London and South Africa-based production company Ten10 Films is expanding and rebranding as Ten10 Entertainment.
The Ten10-produced neo-noir thriller “Cold Harbour” is currently streaming on Netflix.
The name change reflects the outfit’s rapidly growing global slate of original series and film projects, which will be overseen by new head of development Jafta Mamabolo, an actor, writer, director and producer from Johannesburg.
Based out of South Africa, Mamabolo’s primary mandate is to expand the company’s Africa-focused entertainment slate. The first projects that he will oversee include young adult series “Abel & Ashanti” with producer Bill Borden (Emmy winner for “High School Musical,” “Kung-fu Hustle”); the African-futuristic “Akebul-an Chronicles” w
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Sa backers move into Blecher's Paradise
Director Sara Blecher’s Real Eyes Films has also secured a pre-sale deal with South African TV network M-Net.
On The Way To Paradisehas now raised half of its $1.5m funding, and producer Imraan Jeeva is at Film Bazaar looking for the final financing.
The project is on track to start shooting in early 2016 in Johannesburg’s vibrant immigrant-filled suburb Mayfair.
Blecher’s first English-language film is loosely inspired by The Godfather, as the story revolves around a young Muslim man of uncompromised integrity who is drawn unwillingly into his father’s money laundering scheme.
Blecher’s Ayanda, a social drama about a young woman who inherits a garage from her Nigerian fa
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The Ten10-produced neo-noir thriller “Cold Harbour” is currently streaming on Netflix.
The name change reflects the outfit’s rapidly growing global slate of original series and film projects, which will be overseen by new head of development Jafta Mamabolo, an actor, writer, director and producer from Johannesburg.
Based out of South Africa, Mamabolo’s primary mandate is to expand the company’s Africa-focused entertainment slate. The first projects that he will oversee include young adult series “Abel & Ashanti” with producer Bill Borden; the African-futuristic “Akebul-an Chronicles” with Fremantle; and a limited series based on the book “Call Me American” by Abdi Nor Iftin.
Mamabolo first found continental acclaim in Africa at age 11 when he landed a prime role on “Soul Buddyz,” then Southern Africa’s most-watched youth program. His acting