Get the latest gossip

ITVX & Lion Forge Entertainment Strike UK Deal For Nigerian Animated Superhero Series ‘Iyanu’

Iyanu is landmark production for Lion Forge Entertainment, which was created by founder and CEO David Steward II in 2019 with a focus on diversity and kids & family and YA audiences. Story editor Brandon Easton ( Transformers: War for Cybertron; Marvel’s Agent Carter) headed the Iyanu writers’ room, which also featured Emmy winner Kerri Grant ( Doc McStuffins; Ada Twist, Scientist). The show’s executive producers are Steward II, Stephanie Sperber, Kirsten Newlands and Matt Heath from Lion Forge Entertainment, Roye Okupe of YouNeek Studios, Erica Dupuis of Impact X Capital, Ryan Haidarian of Forefront Media Group and Doug Schwalbe of Superprod.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Deadline