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Production of Drug War Movie “Green Wave” Begins with Talents’ Auditioning in Abuja
The process for the production of the upcoming Nollywood movie titled “Green Wave” got underway on Saturday with the auditioning of movie talents.
The audition exercise, held at the Asset Garden in Abuja, saw movie talents assessing the characters they could play before proceeding to prove being worthy of the roles they chose.
Successful participants will have the privilege to star alongside Segun Arinze, Ivie Ekujai, Kevin Ikeduba, Ochimana Tender, Kenechukwu Eze, John Eddie Tamuno, among other seasoned actors and actresses.
This was part of efforts to make the movie a success.
“What I expect from the auditioning is the best cast we need for best interpretation of the story and, God willing, I’m hopeful of getting what we need from the crop of talents who have auditioned for various roles,” the movie’s director, John Walters, later told newsmen.
Walters who identifies himself as a “cross-director” has also directed the Hausa movie Series, “Muqabala”.
Among his notable works done in English are “Good Citizen”, produced by Iroko TV, among other works.
According to the movie executive producer, Ochimana Tender, “Green Wave” tells the story of a society where law enforcers are heavily invested in fighting against the flow of illicit drug.
But the other side of it was that at the same time there were others who were pretending to be a part of the fight but are undermining it.
“The movie comically portrays the fact that there are heroes among many scoundrels,” he said.
Tender went on to disclose that the movie would be out before the end of 2021, adding that “it’s going be cinematic and Netflix standard.“
When asked about the rationale behind the movie’s name, he said: “Green Wave is the name of an app developed where illicit drug are sold. That’s how we came up with the name.”
On his part, the movie’s associate producer, Adamu Musa, touted the upcoming movie “as presenting a model that can be adopted by Nigerian authorities to effectively deal with the flow of illicit drug in Nigeria and the corruption undermining the fight.
“The movie is an advocacy which presents a model that has never been adopted before.”(NAN)
Big Brother Naija reality show star, Queen Mercy Atang, has finally confirmed the crash of her one-year marriage.
The single mother of one got married to David Oyekanmi in March 2024 amid a public dispute with her baby daddy, skit maker Lord Lamba.
A few months after their marriage, Mercy sparked marital crisis rumours after she unfollowed her husband on Instagram and deleted their wedding pictures.
Debunking the speculation, the BBNaija Shine Ya Eye housemate explained, “I was trying to take my marriage off social media and reduce some of the things I put out there.
”However, in a new development on Wednesday, she finally confirmed her separation from David while addressing her marital status in an Instagram comment.
Queen Mercy had shared a new picture of herself from actress Mercy Aigbe’s mother’s burial last week.
Commenting on the photo, a fan, @makachrist, asked, “Queen, hope you are still married because asa, you are too beautiful to be single.”
The reality star replied, “Single and unavailable.”
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Nigerian Afrobeats singer Adedamola Adefolahan, popularly known as Fireboy DML, has opened up about his dating life, revealing that it is chaotic.
Speaking in a recent episode of the Reprezent podcast, the movie star said the messy nature of Lagos dating scene inspired his hit song, ‘Ashawo.
’“In my song ‘Ashawo’ I was trying to paint a picture of what the dating scene is like in Lagos where I live.
It’s a mess,” he explained.On his relationship experience, Fireboy said, “It is chaotic. But I thrive with girls. When I’m under pressure, I usually find balance in girls.”
Fireboy has previously revealed that he was looking forward to suffering a heartbreak in a bid to get inspiration to make more genuine music.
The singer has not publicly confirmed a girlfriend or any romantic relationship
Ace rapper Olamide has revealed the role that late Indigenous rapper, Dagrin, played in his career.
Speaking on the impacts of Dagrin in a recent video broadcast, the YBNL boss admitted that the late rapper influenced him and a lot of other rappers.
Olamide revealed that he listens to Dagrin’s critically acclaimed album, ‘C.
E. O’ for inspiration whenever he is experiencing “writer’s block”.He said, “Dagrin’s ‘C.E.O’ album is a timeless project. That’s the only rap album almost everybody in the south west can sing word for word. Dagrin influenced a lot of rappers, whenever we need motivation, we would go and listen to his album.”
Dagrin died in an auto crash in April 2010.
His music became more popular after his death.
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