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The Film Blog: Kate Henshaw, Emeka Nwagbaraocha, Efe Irele, and More to Feature in Niyi Akinmolayan’s ‘The House of Secrets’
Niyi Akinmolayan, the brilliant filmmaker behind a string of cinematic gems, has recently unveiled the official poster for his much-anticipated upcoming movie, "The House of Secrets." With its release just…
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Can horror comedies in Nollywood explode with ‘My Village People’?
It has since been established that Nollywood isn't actively in the business of making horror films. 90's Nollywood horror nostalgia is all we have, thanks to YouTube. Only just once,…
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Anthill studios is combining animation with social media on ‘AngryBeckySeries’
Anthill Studios might be best known for their boundary pushing filmmaking and their roster of young directors like Isioma Osaje and Akay Mason (who made AMVCA nominated Elevator Baby), but…
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Accelerate TV premieres the Mindset Series – top 5 films of 2019 Accelerate Filmmaker Project at the African International Film Festival
Accelerate TV premieres ‘The Mindset Series’ – the top 5 short films from its 2019 Accelerate Filmmaker Project – at the Accelerate Day of the African International Film Festival (AFRIFF)…
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5 Things that Should Matter Today: ”The Set Up” hitting N21 million in 5 days is another reason you should see the movie
Niyi Akinmolayan's latest offering The Set Up is dominating the box office in Nigeria and Ghana, scoring a record of N21 million having just spent five days in cinemas. Why…
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Trust no one and believe nothing – Behind the mystery and glam of The Set Up Movie Premiere at Filmhouse Cinemas
It was a night of glamour, mystery and drama as celebrities and influencers strutted their stuff at the premiere of the most anticipated Nollywood movie of the year ‘The Set-Up’ which was…
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Check out the new movie poster for dramatic thriller ”Elevator Baby” starring Toyin Abraham and Timini Egbuson
Niyi Akinmolyayan is having a busy 2019. Already, the filmmaker has three upcoming projects including the animated movie Malika: Warrior Queen, and Elevator Baby adds onto the stack. The movie…
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The trailer for animated movie ”Malika: Warrior Queen” is here and Adesuwa Etomi-Wellington as Malika is unstoppable!
The internet is abuzz with the trailer for hotly anticipated animated movie Malika: Warrior Queen, an adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name by Roye Okupe, the CEO…
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New teaser of ”The Set Up” shows Jim Iyke in all shades of being a bad boy
The trailer for Niyi Akinmolayan's The Set Up was released last week, and it gave us a full look at young drug smuggler Chike (Adesua Etomi-Wellington) who gets more than…
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”The Set Up” is one of the most anticipated movies of 2019, and now we have a trailer
The Set Up is Niyi Akinmolayan's followup to the bombastic comedy Chief Daddy, a movie that I still remember for its histrionics. Before now, the teaser for The Set Up…
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Niyi Akinmolayan has dropped the teaser for ”The Set Up” but we need more footage
We have a new movie from Niyi Akinmolayan on the horizon. Yesterday, the director dropped a one-minute teaser for The Set Up, which had Femi Kuti's throbbing Scatter Head playing…
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Niyi Akinmolayan launches Anthill Business
Niyi Akinmolayan is in the news again, but not for a movie. His company Anthill Production, one of Nigeria's top-tier outfit responsible for creating documentaries, movies, TV commercials and animated…
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Niyi Akinmolayan plans to make animation film ‘Frogeck’ with a production budget of N120 million
Niyi Akinmolayan is going big with Frogeck, purported as Nigeria's first, full length animated feature. Production budget is N120 million, and he revealed this at the Animation Film Day recently…
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Here’s your first look at Niyi Akinmolayan’s upcoming animated film ‘Frogeck’
What you probably didn't know is that The Wedding Party 2 director Niyi Akinmolayan is helming the animated movie Frogeck due out in December 2019. Frogeck is being purported as…
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LONG READ: Why Nollywood is moving round in circles
If you listen to critics and the journalists who cover the entertainment beat, 2017 was not Nollywood’s best year, wasn’t even the year that it could have been. From the…
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[The Film Blog] Kemi Adetiba has an upcoming film and it’s called “King of Boys”
As one of the few female directors in Nigeria who have successfully helmed the country's best selling film, everyone has been wondering what next filmmaker Kemi Adetiba would try her…
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The Film Blog: Can The Wedding Party 2 outshine its first part?
We're certain you've seen the teaser for the sequel to 2016's Nollywood blockbuster movie, The Wedding Party. But if you haven't, then here: That you already love it and…
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The Film Blog: We remember Niyi Akinmolayan’s tweet storm on AMAA last year
This morning, we asked a question by the way, as to why industry players are essentially ignoring the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). New Nollywood really doesn't care to be…
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The Film Blog: We don’t know how we feel about Kenneth Gyang’s ‘The Lost Café’
We don’t know that bigger fans of Kenneth Gyang’s work exist anywhere else, at least not in Nigeria. At TFB, we think he is a national treasure, a status earned…
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The YNaija Ranking: The Wedding Party is number 1 on our top 10 film countdown
With over N250 million in earnings, it is clear why this countdown debuts with The Wedding Party at number one. It has smashed every single film record in the history…
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The Film Blog: Anthill Studios’ ‘Plaything is pretty impressive
Anthill Studios was founded by Niyi Akinmolayan (who also serves as its Creative Director.) They've released a new short film, entirely animated, written and directed by Eri Umusu and Nurdin Momodu.…
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The Film Blog: Room 315 is a solid piece of work
Now that all the controversy has died down, Niyi Akinmolayan's Room 315 has finally arrived. See for yourself. If you have 27 minutes to spare, please watch. We think it…
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The Film Blog: Room 315 has no time for your drama
It was just about a month ago when the internet was hit with a flurry of controversy about two similarly titled films, Room 313 and Room 315. The director, Niyi…
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The Film Blog: 3 comments provide an important minority view on Room 315
We came across these two comments, and as far as minority views go on this debate about plagiarism, they are useful. There's this one: Commodore October 17, 2016 at 2:33…
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The Film Blog: From #TheOtherRoom to #Room315 (and what we think)
In case you were looking for a room controversy that actually worth your time, rather than the teenage-boy fantasies of an over-indulged President, well yesterday the good guys at YNaija's…
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The Thread: Room 313 vs Room 315 | When new Nollywood took itself on
New Nollywood is in a tizzy over theft and plagiarism of the creative work Room 315. Wana Udobang, multimedia journalist, poet and filmmaker is butting heads with filmaker, Niyi Akinmolayan over the…
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The Film Blog: We hope Naz Onuzo reads this review – and pays attention
Chinaza Onuzo is clearly one of the leading lights for that project they call New Nollywood. You don’t know him yet. But you should. And soon, anyway, you probably will.…
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