EDDIE GATHEGI AT IT AGAIN!!!

Kenyan actor based in the US, Edi Gathegi, known for his role in the ridiculously popular Twilight series bas bagged a role in a new action/shooter video game web series titled ‘Hawken.’   Edi played the dread-locked vampire Laurent in the first two sequels of Twilight will now play a fighter pilot in the video game.

According to MTV, the live-action series follows a “squad of mechanical pilots tasked with seeking out a missing VIP who has the secret to curing the Hawken virus which has decimated the planet with crystalline structures.” The series also stars Gonzalo Menendez, Dameon Clark, and Hannah Hall, and is directed by Gears of War art director Jeremiah O'Flaherty, his first live-action credit. Hawken is a multiplayer mech combat game. The focus is on creating an intense and enjoyable battle experience that captures the feeling of piloting a heavy war machine while keeping the action fast-paced and strategic.

. AVRIL TO STAR IN MTV DRAMA SERIES

Ogopa DJ artiste Avril has bagged a role in the second MTV drama series, Shuga that starts filming this week in Nairobi.
Avril who will play the role of a character called Miss B’have will be joined by other Kenyan personalities like Nick Ndeda (Angelo), Nancy Wanjiku (Baby), Brenda Wairimu (Dala), Edward Nyanaro (Rayban) and Ikubese Emmanuel - a.k.a. 9con - (Femi).
Meanwhile, Lupita Nyong’o, who played the pivotal character of Ayira in Shuga, returns on the other side of the camera as co-director alongside South African veteran Teboho Mahlatsi.
Also returning for the second series of Shuga are Sharon Olago (Violet), David Omwange (Skola), Nick Mutuma (Leo), Antony Mwangi (Kennedy) and Valerie Kimani (Sindi).
Other actors chosen at the public casting a few weeks ago are Christopher Otieno and Wairugi Mutero. Wairugi will be playing the role of Njoki (a party girl who loves to live in the moment) while Christopher will be cast as Slim, a small-time gangster.
Shuga: Love, Sex, Money is sponsored by MTV Base, The Staying Alive Foundation, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and The Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation (HFG).

KENYANS TO FEATURE IN MTV Base documentary

Three Kenyan entertainment entrepreneurs will be featuring on a new mini-documentary series on MTV Base.The three are Jahawi, a producer and sound engineer, Jimmy Chuchu, a photographer and musician with all male group Just a Band and music video maker and Cyrus Kabiru, the artiste behind C-Stunners. They will join other Africa's new wave of creative entrepreneurs, spotlighting impressive game-changers from across the continent who are trailblazing in the fields of photography, fashion, illustration, art, filmmaking, music and more. They will present a whole new generation of Afro-cool, introducing its viewers to the street savvy, super-creative characters whose talent is taking on the world.
The documentary, Touching Base (MTV Base, DStv 322), premiered on location on Monday in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.  Other entrepreneurs include Nigerian music video maker Clarence Peters, Nollywood filmmaker Bolaji and Nigerian fashion designer Bayo.