Showtime orders Antoine Fuqua's Shaka: King of the Zulu Nation

The Hollywood Reporter

The pay cable network has given a straight-to-series order on the historical series from creators Olu Odebunmi and Tolu Awosik and executive producer Fuqua based on real events. According to Showtime, Shaka: King of Zulu Nation "tells the story of the Zulu Empire chief Shaka and his unlikely rise to power, uniting multiple tribes across vast stretches of Africa in the early 19th century to transform his power into legend, on par with history’s most seminal figures. In ferocious battles that test the body and soul, in alliances that test the bonds of love and friendship, a complex sociological system plays out that renders the human cost front and center, for the victors as well as the vanquished, all in an effort to carve out a semblance of identity, fulfillment and ultimately, survival."