EXCLUSIVE: HBO is in development on the comedy series Flat Tyres from Fifth Season and co-creators Thabo Rametsi and Robbie Leacock.
The series follows a hapless gang of four deluded friends as they endlessly try – and fail – to become criminal kingpins of Cape Town’s most vibrant township.
Executive producers are Nicholas Hatton and Jason Woliner for Swindle Pictures as well as Matt Sadeghian and Geordan Somerville for Brillstein.
Rametsi is a multi-award-winning South African actor, writer, director, and producer who has starred in critically and commercially successful African films including the independent feature Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu as well as Amandla and Silverton Siege for Netflix. He is known for his roles in U.S. projects including The Gamechangers starring Daniel Radcliffe, Homeland with Rupert Friend, and The Giver directed by Phillip Noyce.
Rametsi is also the co-creator of the upcoming graphic novel series Imbokodo published by Dark Horse Comics alongside his producing partner, Thabiso Mabanna.
Leacock is a British writer, director, and producer who previously worked in sports broadcasting before moving to Potboiler Productions in London to produce independent feature films Final Portrait and The Little Stranger. Robbie was also a producer on the Netflix African spy-thriller The Red Sea Diving Resort.