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Man of the moment and trending filmmaker Kunle Afolayan revealed that movie streaming giant, Netflix is requesting that he produce a series from Anikulapo, his latest successful movie.
On Friday, while speaking to Guardian UK, Afolayan said he had wanted to make Anikulapo a series, but Netflix asked him to make it a movie first, and if it's successful, he can then develop it into a series.
Kunle said, “I’ve been working on Aníkúlápó for six years. Originally, I wanted to make a series, but I shopped it and kept telling people that this movie would be bigger than Game of Thrones.
“Eventually, Netflix told me to make a movie first since I believed in the project that much, and if it became a success, we’d develop a series.”
‘Anikulapo’, set in the 17th century ancient Oyo kingdom, premiered on Netflix on September 30, 2022.
A week after its premiere, the movie became the most-watched non-English film on Netflix, with a cumulative 8.7m streaming hours.
“Right now, Netflix is the one urging me to start making the series. I knew we made a great film and that it’d start conversations, but I didn’t know it’d do as well as it has done,” Afolayan said.
The movie, which was acted in Yoruba language, features A-list actors and actresses such as Kunle Remi, Yinka Quadri, Bimbo Ademoye, Sola Sobowale, and a host of many others.
Speaking on the repeated snub from the Nigeria Oscars Selection Committee, Afolayan stated that he did not understand the committee’s decision not to pick his movie for the Oscars.
He said, “I don’t even care about it anymore. I don’t understand the decision, and quite a number of the guys in there are people I’d call friends. For the second year running, they’re saying no film from Nigeria deserves to be presented – it makes no sense.
“Honestly, I’m over it because if Aníkúlápó weren’t successful, they’d have said it wasn’t picked because of that reason. Now, it’s almost like, ‘How couldn’t you have presented this?’”
Last week, Afolayan expressed optimism over the decision of the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences to give the NOSC another chance to make a submission for the 2023 Oscars award.
However, the committee failed to pick any Nigerian movie as they maintained that none was eligible.
When you are successful, it doesn’t matter what critics say; that’s the case with Afolayan’s Anikulapo. Let the Nigerian Oscar Committee keep up with the shenanigans; Nigerian movies are moving on and in high demand.
Source: punchng.com
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