• Showmax has announced that it is developing a South African Zulu-language adaptation of US comedy – Superstore.
• It is the second comedy adaptation for Showmax, which has also licensed The Office from the BBC.
• Season one to six of Superstore is currently available to stream on Showmax.

There is another international comedy series set to receive a local adaptation, following an announcement by Showmax. The MultiChoice-owned streaming platform is developing a South African Zulu-language adaptation of the NBCUniversal show.

It is the second comedy format adaptation from Showmax, which has also licensed The Office from the BBC.  

“The Showmax Original will be produced locally by Barkers Media (Killer Front Page, reality shows Shebeen Queens and The Bala Family, and the South African Film and Television Awards-nominated How to Manifest a Man) in association with Universal International Studios. Production is expected to start this year,” the streaming platform confirmed in release to Hypertext.

“We’re on Cloud 9. laughed my way through every episode of Superstore and can’t wait to see how the funny and loveable characters are reimagined in our complex country,” enthused Nicola van Niekerk, executive head of programming at MultiChoice.

Interestingly, exactly 10 years ago on 14th January 2015, NBC picked up the pilot for Superstore, which would go on to garner more than six million viewers an episode over its run of six seasons.

At the time of writing, it has not been detailed when the local version of the comedy series will be headed to Showmax, but it is clear that along with South African original programming, the streaming platform wants to add internationally acclaimed shows with our own flavour to the mix too.

Hopefully though, it fares better than the Australian version of The Office on Amazon Prime Video.

Season one to six of Superstore is available to stream on Showmax here.

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