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for that last statement, expect the wrath of omar22.
you know how he does.
anytime you mention a name like that, HE WILL COME!
you have summoned him.

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for that last statement, expect the wrath of omar22.
you know how he does.
anytime you mention a name like that, HE WILL COME!
you have summoned him.   

Sorry to disappoint you!

I think Djimon Hansou can pull it off, afterall he's from Benin, he already has our accent, will also love to see Sophie Okenedo, its been a while, there's also Chiwetel Ejiofor and Adewale Agbaje they are all naija peeps, wouldn't mind seeing a naija based act like Genevieve also.

I havent read the book so i cant say who to play what role, but all the leading roles would definitely go to the top dogs of the movie world.

Amazing book, cried my eyes out reading it and swore to myself I would learn more about the Biafran War,

Great for Nigeria for it to be made into a Hollywood movie BUT sometimes movies ruin a story so it almost unrecognisable - eg Captain Corelli, Kite Runner.

I pray they give her story justice.

@Mrsb

If the movie is produced and Directed by Nollywood? they might play it so close to the story, but a real life story would be acted in a drama scenario, and I would be a waste

I suspect they may use Genevieve for the twins, she would be alright, but they might use Yaya Da Costa which I don't really know if it will work, neither do I know if Chiwetel Ejiofor would work as the lead man. Lets wait and see if the movie will actually be made first.

I'd read a lot of materials on the war while growing up.my dad had boxes of magazines and newspaper publications just before the war,during n post war.books written by individuals on both sides of the divide n even foreign neutrals.however non could tell it ike chimamanda.she transports you to d war n u can almost relive it-the adulation n expectancy,pain n grief,humour in despair.
i hope,more like pray,they can do justice to the work.its a classic

Congrats to Chimamanda!!!! So proud of her

Now I gotta read that book.

mrsb:

Amazing book, cried my eyes out reading it and swore to myself I would learn more about the Biafran War,

Great for Nigeria for it to be made into a Hollywood movie BUT sometimes movies ruin a story so it almost unrecognisable - eg Captain Corelli, Kite Runner.

I pray they give her story justice.

Frederick Forsyth's "The day of the jackal". There is no relationship between the superb novel and the movie.The director of that movie[Fred Zinnemann] should be shot to death.

Frederick Forsyth's "The day of the jackal". There is no relationship between the superb novel and the movie.The director of that movie[Fred Zinnemann] should be shot to death.

Why, he who blows the piper controls the tune, he who produces the movie could do whatever he/she likes, at the end of the day they dont need to shoot it in Nigeria if theirs so many red tapes to cut,

omar22:



Why, he who blows the piper controls the tune,  he who produces the movie could do whatever he/she likes,  at the end of the day they dont need to shoot it in Nigeria if theirs so many red tapes to cut,

Who is arguing that with you. They can shoot it in the moon  if they want as long as they can create the proper  background. in the same vein, they can invite a Nigerian actor/actress to wherever they are shooting it to work with them. It's this attitude that makes most directors misrepresent Africa in many of their movies.

Wishing for Nollywood actors in this movie is not going to happen. I'd suggest the following though
Nobert Young - Odenigbo
Genevieve Nnaji - Olanna
Funlola Aofiyebi - Kainene
Francis Duru - Ugwu
Binta Ayo Mogaji ( the yoruba woman in Odenigbo's discussion group, if u've read the book u'll understand)
@ Aloy u r a man after my heart, always spot on

Who si arguing that with you. They can shoot it in the moon if they want as long as they can create the proper background. in the same vein, they can invite a Nigerian actor/actress to wherever they are shooting it to work with them. It's this attitude that makes most directors misrepresent Africa in many of their movies.

I wasnt arguing with you, I was saying it as it, it seems like everyone is trying to dictate who should be in the film and where the film has t be shot, at the end of the day the film Budget could be around $15m to $40m lets say the film was expected to make $60m in return! how much of that $60m would come from Nigeria's share of the market?

it's being produced by the same team that produced Last King of Scotland (which didn't use many africans in the major roles).

genevieve is no where no good enough to play olanna.
they'll probably use african actresses like sophie okonedo (from hotel rwanda) or leleti khumalo (from sarafina).

africhika:

it's being produced by the same team that produced Last King of Scotland (which didn't use many africans in the major roles).

genevieve is no where no good enough to play olanna.
they'll probably use african actresses like sophie okonedo (from hotel rwanda) or leleti khumalo (from sarafina).

That's sad though, I wouldn't mind seeing some nigerian actor/actresses in the movie. I would also love it to be filmed in Nigeria, not some carribean jungle like hollywood does most of the time.

That's sad though, I wouldn't mind seeing some nigerian actor/actresses in the movie. I would also love it to be filmed in Nigeria, not some carribean jungle like hollywood does most of the time.

Well they would have think about whats safe for the casting crew most especially incidents of kidnapping going on in the delta region not only that cost would become a factor, theirs a reason why Hollywood is being avoided by so many stars or production companies. they would be a lot of Nigerian actors but unfortunately theirs a very strong chance they wont be nollywood stars David Oyelowo is a very good actor, sophie is good as well

Damn, Nigerians will rather pick a foreigner than their own.

Aloy~Emeka:

Damn, Nigerians will rather pick a foreigner than their own.

I believe the producers of the movie will use Nigerian stars at least to sell the movie home and abroad.

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Damn, Nigerians will rather pick a foreigner than their own.

Hello, Nigerian would not be funding the movie

omar22:


Hello, Nigerian would not be funding the movie

Did Indians fund Slumdog millionaire?

Did Indians fund Slumdog millionaire?

My point is that they would pick whoever they want and most likely not the local actors with slumdog millionaire
Dev patel is a London boy (BORN AND BREAD) he used to act in a sitcom called Skin

Freida Pinto was born in India by Portugese parents

omar22:




My point is that they would pick whoever they want and most likely not the local actors with slumdog millionaire
Dev patel is a London boy (BORN AND BREAD) he used to act in a sitcom called Skin

Freida Pinto was born in India by Portugese parents

She doesn't have Portuguese parents she is a Mangalorian Catholic, which means she might have some Portuguese ancestors, but she's Indian. Dev Patel comes is a pure Gujarati who came from a place in London that is highly populated by Gujarati's, he may not have been born in India, but that does not mean he's not Indian anymore. Besides, everyone else in Slum Dog millionaire were Indian, born and bred, although it is a British movie and Chimamanda's book is being handled by Hollywood.

Dev Patel is BRITISH

Someone who has been acting from a little kid in British sitcoms or programs

Its like me calling Obba Babatundé a Nigerian actor when he is American

omar22:

Dev Patel is BRITISH

Someone who has been acting from a little kid in British sitcoms or programs

Its like me calling Obba Babatundé a Nigerian actor when he is American

Believe what you want to believe. Obba Babatundé not Nigerian? Oya go and tell people born in Britain with Nigerian parents that they're not Nigerian. It will reach to level where they will remove British one day and start calling him Indian, all that thing is rubbish.

May be when the BNP wins the election

omar22:

May be when the BNP wins the election

Maybe when his career starts to not do so well and The Sun lays their hands on him. Britain is for Britons, don't let anybody tell you any different.

I'd really love to see the movie.

The book made me start liking Igbo guys,

sadly its fiction

so who is her husband and when did she get married? i wanna see the pix of the cake n all.

GAMINE on: October 23, 2009, 05:27 AM:
 

I'd really love to see the movie.
The book made me start liking Igbo guys,

sadly its fiction

LOL.
i really liked Odenigbo.
Chimamanda made his character seem so loyal and realistic