Donovan Marsh only getting started as he kickstarts movie franchise with iNumber Number: Jozi Gold | Life

Keitumetse Maako - News24 - 03/07
Just a week after the launch of his latest offering, iNumber Number: Jozi Gold, on streaming giant Netflix, creator, writer and director Donovan Marsh says it is just the beginning of his plans to create a franchise of the films.

  • Following the release of iNumber Number: Jozi Gold on Netflix, creator, writer, and director Donovan Marsh intends to create a franchise of the films.
  • iNumber Number: Jozi Gold launched on the streaming giant last week.
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  • The sequel to iNumber Number (Avenged) stars cop duo Chili (S'dumo Mtshali) and Shoes (Presley Chweneyage) as they go against their newest enemy, the Hyena Man (Bongile Mantsai).

Just a week after the launch of his latest offering, iNumber Number: Jozi Gold, on streaming giant Netflix, creator, writer and director Donovan Marsh says it is just the beginning of his plans to create a franchise out of the films.

iNumber Number: Jozi Gold is the sequel to iNumber Number (Avenged), released 10 years ago.

It stars iconic cop duo Chili (played by S'dumo Mtshali) and Shoes (played by Presley Chweneyage) as they go against their newest enemy, the Hyena Man (played by Bongile Mantsai).

In iNumber Number (Avenged), Chili and Shoes are cheated out of a large reward by their corrupt superiors, and Chili decides to infiltrate a gang as it prepares to rob an armoured car.

Instead of busting them, Chili ropes Shoes in to participate in the heist.

A labour of love

"I wanted to see if I could make an action genre film in the vernacular [which] hadn't really been done before in that particular style, and I wanted to see if it was possible, on South African budgets, to do something with action that could compare internationally," Marsh said about the making of the first iNumber Number.

He added:

It was really a labour of love.

At the movie's exclusive screening in Johannesburg last week, Marsh said creating a sequel and bringing the characters back was something he always wanted to do.

However, he added he was adamant if he was going to do it again, it had to be "at the right level".

"I didn't want to ask anyone to do it again for free, more or less, you know; I wanted to do it at the correct budget level, and I kind of had an idea of what I needed to do it," ...
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