Tag: ShowMax

Nigerian Wunmi Mosaku won Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series at the 2022 Black Reel Awards for her role as Nicole Steele in We Own This City, which is now available to binge on Showmax. The HBO crime drama was also nominated for Outstanding Limited Series, Directing (Reinaldo Marcus Green of King Richard fame), Writing… Continue reading Nigerian Wunmi Mosaku on her award-winning role in HBO crime drama We Own This City

Content on Showmax won 45 awards at SAFTA 2022, more than half of the content prizes given out over the weekend, and the most by far of any streaming service.  Showmax Originals alone won 17 SAFTAs, the most of any channel or streamer.  Tali’s Baby Diary and Glasshouse were the two biggest winners at the… Continue reading The best SAFTA-winning Local Content To Stream Now

1st seasons of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, The Offer, We Own This City & 2022 Emmy nominee The Staircase THE HANDMAID’S TALE S5 | Thursdays from 15 September, first on Showmax Adapted from the classic novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in… Continue reading Showmax | Best International Series This September, From The Handmaid’s Tale S5 To Industry S2

Filming is underway in Adelaide and Bedford in the Eastern Cape on the second season of DAM, one of the 10 most watched titles on Showmax in 2021 and the most nominated TV drama going into this weekend’s SAFTAs. Season 2 of the Showmax Original is set three months after the cult’s ritual sacrifice, which… Continue reading Showmax Renews Psychological Thriller DAM For Second Season

This September, something doesn’t add up…  Showmax has just dropped the trailer for Steinheist, a three-part documentary series about the biggest corporate scam in South African history. On 6 December 2017, after CEO Markus Jooste resigned amid an investigation into accounting irregularities, Steinhoff’s share price plunged by 90% in a week, wiping over R200 billion off… Continue reading Must-watch trailer alert: “Steinheist”, the new Showmax Original from the creators of Devilsdorp