Watch 'Spinners' Trailer for Extreme Motorsports TV Show (Exclusive) – The Hollywood Reporter

Fasten your seat belts! African streamer Showmax and Canal+ are getting ready to go pedal to the metal. The streaming company, co-owned by African pay-TV giant MultiChoice Group and Comcast, and the French pay TV giant has released a trailer for the eight-part gangster and extreme sports drama Spinners, which The Hollywood Reporter is revealing exclusively. The companies’ third co-production, set in South Africa’s Cape Town, became the first African show to take part in CanneSeries’ main competition. Spinners follows Ethan (Cantona James), a 17-year-old driver working for a gang who is trying to support his younger brother and discovers a possible way out of gang life: spinning, an extreme motorsport that features drivers performing jaw-dropping daredevil stunts. However, a looming gang war jeopardizes his plans. The cast includes James (Arendsvlei) and Chelsea Thomas (Arendsvlei) in leading roles, along with Elton Landrew (Recipes for Love & Murder); Dillon Windvogel (Blood & Water); Brendon Daniels (Zulu, Five Fingers for Marseille), who won the South African Film and Television Award (SAFTA) for best supporting actor for his role in the movie Four Corners; Dann Jaques Mouton (Arendsvlei, Noem My Skollie); David Isaacs (co-creator of Joe Barber); and Katlego Lebogang (Wounds). In May, James won the best performance honor
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