experiencing a big boom, especially with the bar
raised by the likes Chineze Anyaene with her film, Ije; Ali Balogun, Tango With Me; Obi Emenloye, The Mirror Boy; Blessing Effiom Egbe, Two Brides And A Baby; and a host of others.
These films have made Nollywood producers sit
up and up their games. They have also made
other serious movie producers in Nollywood do
quality films with good storylines and quality
pictures. Attention is now being paid to details as against what we were used to in the past.
What is now left to be experienced is the shift
away from storylines that are drama based to the exploration of other story ideas like sci-fiction
( Avatar, Mission Impossible, Transformer),
detective films like 24, Bourne Supremacy, etc.
Though many believe that the Nigerian society
might not welcome such films, as tried with the
movie, Kajola, a futuristic movie on Lagos, which
was almost going in the direction of the American flick, 2012, but others believe that if producers look into why Kajola didn't do well, and build on that to come up with a better one, then, such movies could be welcomed by the Nigerian people.
Coming from the success The Mirror Boy made
at the cinemas, especially with the nominations
and awards the film got, the producer, Obi
Emenloye has disclosed to our correspondent
about his new movie project.
According to Obi, casts are already on set with
another block busting film from him, The Last
Flight To Abuja.
The film, would feature Hakeem Kae-Kazim of Hollywood's season film, 24, Hotel Rwanda, Pirates of the Caribbean; Nollywood's sultry actress, Omotola Jolade Ekeinde, Ali Nuhu, amongst other actors.
"It is a reality/fictional story of a plane that
got into trouble mid-air. So, it looked at the
circumstances that lead to the set of people
being on the flight from Lagos to Abuja on a
Friday evening and how the crew and the
passengers had to pull together to help
things out.
It is the first disaster Nollywood movie. We
have acquired an aircraft at the Abuja
airport where this is going to be shot. We
are aiming for the highest level of realism
un the movie. We have to keep pushing the
boundaries," Obi, a former footballer.
Story by Osaremen Ehi James, NigeriaFilms.Com.
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