New York, NY - March 4, 2009 - Wesley Snipes, the internationally acclaimed star of the “Blade” movie series, is set to introduce Zulu Mech 1, a breakthrough science fiction franchise for which he serves as producer, at the African American Pavilion during this year's Book Expo America at New York's Jacob Javits Center.
Snipes will be on hand along with Zulu Mech 1 co-creators Mshindo I and Brother G, award winning author of the “Shades Of Memnon” epic adventure series on May 30 at 2:00 pm. on the African American Pavilion stage. After an introduction by co-producers Snipes, Mshindo and Bro. G, the BEA audience will be treated to the debut of the Zulu Mech 1 animated adventures series.
“I think the world will be just as pleased as I was when Brother G and Mshindo brought this ground-breaking adventure series to my attention,” said Snipes. “Everybody knows I love sci-fi and there is really nothing like it on the market. Zulu Mech 1 as written by Brother G and illustrated by the amazing Mshindo can easily stand next to other epics like Star Wars on the strength of the story telling alone. But when you consider that it brings a fresh, untapped perspective to scifi, that really makes it hot! We expect ZM1 to be the hottest franchise around.”
Snipes will be providing voice-over for the adventure epic, set in a near future where the nations of the Earth are on the verge of creating a world-wide utopia and Africa is a prosperous united state. But just as things look the best, the fate of the world takes a tragic turn as humanity faces an invasion by strange, highly intelligent creatures called “The Elder Race.” The twist is that the Elders come not from outer space, but from inside the Earth, the product of an unknown pre-human evolution. In a brilliant “reverse Planet Of the Apes” scenario, the Elders want things back the way they used to be, before they destroyed their world and placed themselves in a billion year slumber deep inside the planet. Unleashing a devastating attack on the humanity with weird and unknown technology, the Elders intend to take the Earth back. They nearly succeed, until the rise of the amazing Mthunzi family from South Africa, and the forging of the astonishing hero Zulu Mech 1.
“Its Africa based scifi,” said co-creator and scriptor, Brother G. “The Elder race is based on traditions of many African peoples that there was a creation before this creation, a world before this world that was destroyed. And the Zulu Mech is based on African practices involving spiritual “totems” or power items, ancestor communication and tapping into the power of the Earth. There are also heavy doses of nano-technolgy, advanced metallurgy and other high tech elements. I love the Transformers and Terminator etcetera, but its time we had epics from another perspective. This is truly sci-fi for the age of Obama!”
All who have glimpsed it say the linchpin of the Zulu Mech 1 epic is the amazing artwork of it's co-creator, the acclaimed Mshindo I. With his detailed painted figures, rich backgrounds and comic book inspired action sequences, Mshindo brings the epic to life with unprecedented style. The Zulu Mech 1 team plans to introduce video game, toys, limited edition art and other merchandise that will all be designed by Mshindo.
“The Elders unleash giant artificial creatures called “Constructs” to terrorize the Earth,” said Mshindo. “As an artist I get to bring forth imagery and monsters from the traditions of many cultures and that is a lot of fun to illustrate. I am also a fan of giant robots; so it was great creating Zulu Mech 1. As a mechanical creature ZM1 seems similar to other famous mechs, but believe me, he is something different. Zulu Mech 1 is unique, he is a Spiritual Cybernetic Organism.”
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Author of the Shades of Memnon book series.
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