Set to land on the service throughout the last quarter of
the year, the forthcoming projects span various genres and themes. They include
new local films and series from Editi Effiong, Mo Abudu, Charles Okpaleke,
Kunle Afolayan and Kemi Adetiba.
The titles are currently in different stages of production
and once completed, they will make their debut on Netflix to over 238 million
members around the world in more than 190 countries.
Here are the 7 new projects coming to Netflix soon:
The Black Book is a much-anticipated mystery and crime
thriller film by Effiong and Anakle Films. In this story, old scores bubble to
the surface when a gang of corrupt policemen kill a man’s only son, and he
begins a search for justice. Directed and produced by Effiong, the project
features a star-studded cast with Richard Mofe-Damijo and Ade Laoye as lead
cast members, working alongside Sam Dede, Alex Usifo Omiagbo; Olumide Oworu,
Shaffy Bello, Ireti Doyle, Taiwo Ajayi Lycett, Ikechukwu Onunaku, Patric Doyle,
Bimbo Manuel Femi Branch, Denola Grey, Kelechi Udegbe and Nobert Young.
Another blockbuster is Blood Vessel. The story revolves
around a group of six friends who find themselves caught in the crossfire and
attempt to flee to South America as stowaways on a ship as unrest grows over a
mega coup plotting in their hometown along the Niger Delta. Directed by Moses
Inwang and produced by Agozie Ugwu, Arafat Bello-Osagie and Roxanne
Adekunle-Wright, the lead cast includes David Ezekiel, Adaobi Dibor and Jide
Kene Achufusi. The mystery and crime thriller film comes from Charles Okpaleke
and Play Network Studios.
Ijogbon is a coming-of-age drama-adventure film, the feature
is about four teenage youths from a rural village in South-West Nigeria who
stumble across a pouch of diamonds and conceal it, to grave repercussions.
Created by Kunle Afolayan and produced by Golden Effects Pictures, the cast
features Ruby Akubueze, Kayode Ojuolape, Oluwaseyi Ebiesuwa; Fawaz Aina of
Ikorodu Boiz; Yemi Solade; Gabriel Afolayan and Bimbo Manuel
AnÃkúlápó (series) is another title from Kunle Afolayan and
Golden Effects, this is the spinoff of the much-beloved Yoruba epic, AnÃkúlápó.
Following the success of the movie, the franchise returns as a four-part sequel
directed and produced by Afolyan. It features returning stars Sola Sowobale,
Kunle Remi and Bimbo Ademoye alongside Owobo Ogunde, Gabriel Afolayan, Lateef
Adedimeji, Eyiyemi Afolayan, Uzee Usman, Oyinda Sanni and Taiwo Hassan.
Wrath And Revenge (WAR) is a brand-new drama series from Mo
Abudu’s EbonyLife Studios. A spin off from the popular Sons of the Caliphate,
WAR follows Nuhu Bula’s rise to the governorship of Kowa, treacherously
orchestrated by his wife Binta, who would stop at nothing to see her husband
succeed. When Binta discovers her husband is about to take a second wife, the
wrath of a woman scorned will stop at nothing to protect her love. Mo Abudu is
the series’ executive producer with Heidi Uys as supervising producer. Dimbo
Atiya will be in the director chair’s guiding a star-studded cast including
Mofe Duncan, Rahama Sadau, Yakubu Mohammed, Patrick Doyle, Ayoola Ayolola,
Ifeanyi Kalu, Theresa Edem, Bikiya Graham Douglas, Daniel Okosun, Maikudi
“Cashman”, Mickey Odeh, Sophia Muhammed, Uzee Usman, Padita Agu and Ahide Adum
Òlòtūré (series) follows the success of the Òlòtūré film, Mo
Abudu’s EbonyLife Studios’ feature on human trafficking, the story will return
to Netflix as a series, where Òlòtūré, a young journalist continues her
undercover work as a journalist crossing the Benin border. Her perilous journey
will take her through the hostile lands of the Niger and Libya to the
Mediterranea.
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