A reimagining of Okocha’s childhood in Nigeria will be the basis of African streamer Showmax’s first animated Series.
The maestro midfielder Okocha played for the Nigerian national team between 1993 and 2006 and led the country to Olympics soccer laurels at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
His show will run to 13 episodes and follow an 11-year-old Augustine who dreams of representing his school at a prestigious football tournament with a team made up of his rag-tag group of friends. Along with his passion for soccer, he loves the animal kingdom, which bestows superpowers on him in return for his fight against illegal poaching.
Prince Unigwe, a Nigerian cast, led the series with the Glamour Girls, Samson on 2nd February. He played as Jay Jay. Also, the cast is veteran actor Chinedu Ikedieze (Aki and PawPaw, The Johnsons), Samuel Ajibola (The Johnsons); pro-footballer turned actor Eric Obinna, Tinsel actress Mena Sodje, Lexan Peters and Pamilerin Ayodeji (The Father).
