BritBox Sets South Africa Launch

While there is no African country of Zamunda, from which Coming to America's Prince Akeem hails, the movie had an impact on the continent when it was released in 1988 — particularly in South Africa, home to Nomzamo Mbatha, who makes her big studio debut in the sequel, premiering on Amazon on March 5.

Christopher Vourlias When Joel Phiri and his partners at Known Associates Entertainment began financing “uBettina Wethu,” the South African remake of the megahit Colombian telenovela that inspired the ABC series “Ugly Betty,” the Johannesburg-based producer says, “We talked to anybody that would listen.”That those talks would involve both local and global streaming services was a given.

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BritBox To Launch In South Africa BritBox, ITV and BBC Studios’ joint-venture UK streamer, is to expand into South Africa in the second half of 2021. It follows previous launches in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, as the Spitting Image streamer targets a presence in 25 territories.

Ashley Judd is in the intensive care unit after suffering an accident in the Congo region of Africa.

On the mend. Ashley Judd was taken to an ICU trauma ward in South Africa after suffering “massive catastrophic injuries” in an accident in the Congo.

Actress Ashley Judd is now recovering in a South African hospital after breaking her leg in multiple places during an expedition in the country of Congo.

Ashley Judd is recovering after breaking her leg in the Congo region of Africa.

Andrew Hampp Growing up in Africa, one of the first Hollywood movies to make an impact on Sipho Dlamini was Eddie Murphy’s 1988 comedy “Coming to America,” in which the comedian starred as a prince from the fictional African country of Zamunda.“I know how significant a movie it was to people living in Africa or Africans in the diaspora,” says Dlamini, a veteran music executive who in January was promoted to CEO of Universal Music South Africa and Sub-Saharan South Africa.

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