{"id":3620,"date":"2018-12-11T19:19:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T19:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=3620"},"modified":"2019-01-04T17:55:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T17:55:44","slug":"netflix-will-welcome-its-first-original-african-series-queen-sono-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/netflix-will-welcome-its-first-original-african-series-queen-sono-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Will Welcome Its First Original African Series, \u201cQueen Sono,\u201d In 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3621\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3621\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3621 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pearlthusi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pearlthusi.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pearlthusi-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pearlthusi-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pearl Thusi stars in Netflix&#8217;s original series &#8220;Queen Sono&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>I<\/b><b>n 2019, Netflix will add its first original African series to the streaming platform. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The South African drama series <\/b><b><i>Queen Sono <\/i><\/b><b>follows a secret agent who fights crime while handling issues in her personal life. <\/b><b><i>Queen Sono <\/i><\/b><b>stars South African actress Pearl Thusi, who tweeted a video on Monday, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s going to change the game for every artist on this continent,\u201d and that she \u201ccannot wait for every woman on this continent, and actually on this planet, to meet Queen Sono.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/QueenSono?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#QueenSono<\/a> &#8211; Africa\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@netflix<\/a> original ! A thrilling story about a kickass female spy. Can\u2019t wait for you guys to see what we have in store for you ! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetflixSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NetflixSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z0LtRTbspv\">pic.twitter.com\/z0LtRTbspv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pearl Thusi (@PearlThusi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PearlThusi\/status\/1072031139198582784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><b>This exciting news comes just a week after Erik Barmack, Netflix\u2019s VP of international originals, announced that the streaming giant will begin commissioning more original series from Africa starting next year. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Comparing Thusi\u2019s character to strong female leads that are currently on the platform, Barmack said, \u201c<\/b><b>Taking talent like this and telling stories to the rest of the world puts Pearl in the same category as other strong female characters like Claire Underwood in \u2018House of Cards\u2019 and Jessica Jones.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cOver time, our roots will get deeper in Africa and South Africa, and we\u2019re moving pretty quickly to that now, and plan to invest more in local content,\u201d he added.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The series was created by Kasigo Lediga, and is being executive produced by Tasmin Andersson. Lediga, who starred with Thusi in Netflix\u2019s original film <\/b><b><i>Catching Feelings, <\/i><\/b><b>is hopeful that <\/b><b><i>Queen Sono<\/i><\/b><b> will open doors for more diverse stories from Africa.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Netflix\u2019s director of international original films, Funa Maduka, told <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/digital\/global\/netflix-funa-maduka-strategy-african-arab-markets-1203083831\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Variety<\/b><\/a><b> at Marrakesh Film Festival that this emergence of African content is \u201conly the beginning.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cAfrica is birthplace to one of the oldest storytelling traditions in the world. It also has a rich cinematic history,\u201d she said. \u201cThe talent is here and we want to present ourselves as an option as they choose the best path to connect their stories with audiences.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>We\u2019re thrilled to meet Queen Sono, and to discover more African and international content next year and beyond. <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019, Netflix will add its first original African series to the streaming platform. The South African drama series Queen Sono follows a secret agent who fights crime while handling issues in her personal life. Queen Sono stars South African actress Pearl Thusi, who tweeted a video on Monday, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s going to change the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[490,491,31,489,488,51],"class_list":["post-3620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","tag-african","tag-african-series","tag-featured","tag-netflix-original","tag-queen-sono","tag-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}