Everything you need to know about actress' directorial debut
Genevieve Nnaji is making her directorial debut with her upcoming movie, "LionHeart."
The movie which is being shot in Enugu State also features Steve Eboh, Pete Edochie, Kalu Ikeagwu, and follows the story of an Igbo family that is into transport business.
Nnaji is making her directorial debut following the success of her debut movie as a producer,
"Road to Yesterday."
The upcoming movie is written by C.J Fiery Obasi based on a screenplay by Ishaya Bako
and Emil Garuba.
In March 2017, reports surfaced that C.J Fiery Obasi, who directed the critically acclaimed zombie movie, "Ojuju," will helm the project.
According to an undisclosed source, Nnaji dropped half of her crew a week after she fired
Oliver Sambo, who was initially contracted to produce the movie.
Obasi, who recently acquired rights to the screen adaptation of “Hello, Moto” by Nnedi Okorafor » , found out that he would no longer helm the project while he was in Lagos.
Speaking to Pulse Nigeria, Obasi said that no reason was given by the executive producers for their decision to change half of the crew without notification.
According to the filmmaker, He was sold a dream of something special; an Igbo driven story, which he bought into. However, things didn't go as planned.
Daniel Oriah, who directed "Taxi Driver: Oko Ashewo," was initially in talks to direct the movie before Obasi was contracted.
"LionHeart" is Nnaji's second movie from her production company, The Entertainment Network (TEN ), which was founded by Nnaji in partnership with Chinny Onwugbenu.
No release date has been announced for "LionHeart."
Pulse Nigeria reached out to Genevieve Nnaji's representatives, but is yet to get a response.
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