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Can't wait to watch this thriller....

An award-winning US writer is planning a Hollywood thriller spun off the true and bizarre story of Ghana's World Cup cash, reports The Wrap.

Darryl Wharton-Rigby's screenplay will centre on a courier tasked with bringing $3m (£1.76m) across the Atlantic to Brazil in an effort to stop the Ghanaian football team quitting the competition in protest at lack of pay.

It is based on a real-life impasse which affected the west African team prior to their exit at the group stage last week, though fictional elements will be incorporated to further spice up the proposed movie.

The plot sees the $3m stolen after the courier is ambushed. He then has fewer than 12 hours to recover the money or face the wrath of his employers (and presumably the Ghanaian footballers).

"The world has soccer fever and Hollywood has caught it," said Wharton-Rigby, a former staff writer for Homicide: Life on the Street, the celebrated Emmy-winning TV series from producer David Simon which predated the even more successful The Wire.

The screenplay has been optioned by US production company Bugeater, whose founders Dan Mirvish and Barry Hennessey will produce the film. Hennessy, an Emmy winner for reality TV show The Amazing Race, told the Wrap: "I've shot extensively in both Ghana and Brazil, and this is a perfect project to capture the raw energy that both countries have to offer."

Ghana's president, John Dramani Mahama, was forced to send a plane containing $3m to Brasília for the players to share after a row over appearance fees threatened to see the team go on strike. Ghana, who at one point refused to train due to lack of renumeration, subsequently lost their final group match 2-1 to Portugal and exited the competition.

Wharton-Rigby's 1998 film Detention won the best director prize at the Urbanworld film festival. The thriller is the second football-related project to emerge in the past few weeks, following news that Hollywood studio Warner Bros plans to capitalise on US World Cup fever with a remake of cult classic Michael Caine tale Escape to Victory.

http://www.myjoyonline.com/entertainment/2014/June-30th/hollywood-to-cash-in-on-ghanas-3m-world-cup-drama.php

@Seun,

What are you doing different to prevent this? My suspicion is that they may strike again. They did it against Sony PlayStation and other top sites

So about 300,000 members cannot log in now?

rudedough: Pacific Christian University is now Hope International University.

"Hope International University was founded in 1928 as Pacific Bible Seminary, and in 1963 was renamed Pacific Christian College following the move to Long Beach, California. In 1997 they achieved university status and took the corporate name of Hope International University."

Here, educate yourself; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_International_University

Pacific Christian University is not the same as Pacific Christian College And besides Colleges do not award academic degrees without affiliation reference

Tribalism will kill Nigeria in less than 5 years

Torres has not changed one bit

Petrodollars

Theben: @chokl8candie Yes, Nigeria was placed in similar group in 2010 and didn't make it out of the group stage. This is as a result of so many factors.
1. Wrong permutation- When we saw the draw, our plan was to lose the first game against Argentina,and go ahead to win the other two matches. We were too opmisitc and relaxed that we didn't put up a fight against argentina. We gave them the victory on a platter and became jittery in our other two games.

2. Indiscipline/Disunity among our players- Our so called senior players were guilty of this. Osaze was not ready to co-operate with the coach and Keita was unable to control his temper.

3. Over confidence

4. Clueless Coach- Nigeria took a coach that never had a significant achievement with any national team to the world cup.

Having the above in mind, i think we would be careful to avoid repetition of world cup 2010 the same way we carefully approached the qualifiers against the ethiopians after learning a bitter lesson from 2012 Nations cup qualifiers elimination by guinea.

Eh so your head correct like this? hmmmmmmmm

SantaMafia: rubbish talk

Just relax and lets see how the games play out

this game was just wacky. has been named as one of this greatest games in the world cup history

My friend park well. It is only you that see Nigeria anything else. They may not even qualify for the 2nd round

The Mods are still celebrating the draw

byrron: Like is a back dated world cup- brazil 2004? Hmmmm

After the group phase, Nigeria will be here complaining about how useless their players are and lamenting on how lucky Ghana has been by emerging out of their group. Nigeria please think for once and know that matches are not played with the mouth!

bin gbagbo: why are people that last won a world cup game was in 1998 weeping for mighty Ghana?

Ghanaians dont fear any team in the world. cry your own cry

I wonder o. This was their exact reaction when they were drawn with Korea, Greece and Argentina in 2010. They failed miserably to win a match. These guys just don't learn anything

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Payman7 (Bahamas)
Lol Iranians think they can easily beat Bosnia and Nigeria. Nigerians think they can easily beat Bosnia and Iran. Bosnians think they can easily beat Iran and Nigeria. Funny paradox as they all think they've got a good group
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The same reactions when Ghana was paired against Egypt. End of the day, Ghana used the occasion to toast the world and send a strong message. Just watch the Ghanaians...don't count them out

Stop making noise ooo tom! Nigeria was in the same group with Argentina, Greece and South Korea in 2010 but they failed to win a match. Pleased relax and concentrate on the games

bizibrain: REASON Y URUGUAY WONT WIN WORLD CUP.

Let me start frm 2010, uruguay find it difficult 2 beat weak ghana. Immatured suarez decide 2 turn 2 goalkeeper and catch d ball with is hands in d 18 yard box which gyan wasted d penalty given, d match ended 1-1, ghana scoring 1st. Ghana lose on PK.

uruguay played a weak game with spain in confederations cup despite dere complete squad, spain posessed uruguay wit a possesion of spain72% - uruguay28%, uruguay scored a goal tru set pieces compare 2 super eagle weak squad(ujah, babatude, ideye, gambo, akapala) spain only posses Nigeria with a posession of spain 58%- Nigeria42%

Uruguay played with dere top players, yet NIGERIA possed d ball with 54% Y uruguay as 46%.

Its a pity people only want 2 count goals, and nt who played most, but uruguay cant win 2014 worldcup.

And if uruguay wins it, den NIGERIA would b either runners-up or 3rd.

Some Nigerians are really funny. You call Ghana's 2010 WC squad weak. What then will you call the current SE squad? Which players do you currently have that is actively playing in the top teams currently?

Just in the days of JESUS, this generation has allowed ourselves to be so oppressed by the devil that we are desperate for any kind of miracle regardless of where it is coming from. If the healing power is true, my next obvious question will be ...'Who is behind that power?'

I believe this story. If it happened in Bethseda, it can happen in Enugu

Men in India are already beginning to celebrate as the annual Assam Rape Festival is just days away. Every non-married girl age 7-16 will have the chance to flee to safety or get raped.

Madhuban Ahluwalia who heads up the annual festival told reporters why the event is so important. “This is a long time tradition in Assam dating back thousands of years,” says Ahluwalia. “We rape the evil demons out of the girls, otherwise they will cheat on us and we will be forced to kill them. So it is necessary for everyone.”

The Assam Festival began in 43 BC when Baalkrishan Tamil Nadu raped everyone in his village of Doomdooma. Baalkrishan Tamil Nadu is remembered every year at this event, in fact the trophy given to the man with the most rapes is called “The Baalkrishan”.

24-year-old Harikrishna Majumdar told reporters that he has been training all year for this event. “I’m going to get the most rapes this year. I’ve been practicing all year. I rape my sister and her friends every day. I will be rape superstar number one! I will get the Baalkrishan prize this year for sure!”

12-year-old Jaitashri Majumdar told reporters she almost made it through last year’s festival without getting raped. “I came so close to not getting raped. I almost got to the ‘rape-free-zone’ at the edge of town, but at the last minute 9 men jumped on me and raped me. Luckily I am just recovering now so I can participate in this year’s events, otherwise I would be put to death by stoning.”

34-year-old Brian Barnett from Toronto who is visiting Assam on business told reporters he will be missing the festivities this year. “My company did not tell me anything about a rape festival happening while I was here. Are you serious, a rape festival? I’m getting the f*ck out of this backwards country tonight.”

India is second in reported rapes in the world only behind the United States, though critics are quick to point out that is only because most rapes in India go unreported.

news.peacefmonline.com/news/201311/179733.php

I am pleased that she was happy all the way! should have taken the advise of the medics though. RIP granny

These guys are as old as

Kai see those 40 year-olds pretending to be happy

r they under 17? hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I don't understand this....

When did Man U and Arsenal changed places?

try this on a chinese guy and see your teeth

https://www.nairaland.com/1493409/online-blind-date-man-ends

In a rage, his son Da Jun allegedly beat Wang and his wife causing her to lose three teeth.

Na wa o! I wonder what would happen if that adulterous pregnant Nigerian woman was the wife of this Chinese guy. I tell you, she would lose her very skull

This world!

A Chinese man who met a woman online was shocked to discover that she was actually his son’s wife when they met for the first time.

Wang, the 57-year-old man, arranged to meet Lili at a hotel in Muling City in the Heilongjiang province when he made the awkward discovery.

If that was not strange enough, Wang’s son (and Lili’s husband) Da Jun had followed her to the rendezvous after discovering her online liaison and was equally disturbed to find his father waiting for her.

According to ChinaSMACK, Wang said: ‘How could the person who gets a room with me be my son’s wife?’

In a rage, his son Da Jun allegedly beat Wang and his wife causing her to lose three teeth.

Wang, who used the online alias ‘Good at understanding others,’ had retired two years before and enjoyed meeting people online.

Lili was a stay-at-home mother and her husband Da Jun was a long-haul cargo truck driver who spent long stretches away for work. She went by the alias ‘Lonely flowers and plants’.

The pair met on an online chat room one night and decided to send each other a picture of themselves. Lili sent a photograph of an attractive friend while Wang sent one of a friend from his days in the military.

Happy with what they saw, the pair arranged to meet at a hotel in the city at 6pm one night.

Wang claimed to be the director of a company and that he was single after his wife had died two years before.

Lili said her husband was serving a five-year jail sentence for brawling and that she lived at home with her son.

On the day of the fateful meeting, Da Jun arrived home from a long-haul trip from Harbin ahead of schedule only to discover Lili’s online discussions with ‘Good at understanding others’. He also saw evidence of her rendezvous plans.

In a bid to catch her red-handed, Da Jun phoned his wife and told her he had to leave again for work. Not suspecting the ruse, Lili dropped their son off at her parent’s house and travelled to the hotel.

When Wang opened the door, Lili was shocked to find that the man was in fact her father-in-law. In shock, she said, ‘this was a misunderstanding,’ and turned to leave the hotel when Da Jun revealed himself and confronted the pair.

Da Jun said: ‘I’m out there working my ass off to earn money, half-dead with fatigue, and all the while you two are messing around.’

As he beat his father, hotel staff called the police who detained all three.

Officers from the Bamiantong Town Muling City police station questioned Wang and Lili while Da Jun was detained for five days for assaulting his father.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2476753/Chinese-man-arranges-hotel-meeting-girl-spoke-online-shocked-discover-sons-wife.html

lawanson44: See how ladies here are giving justification for what this who.re did..."Maybe the husband's diicckk is small"..."Maybe he's not good in bed"...Blah blah blah!!! I can never marry a Naija woman! Cheating is in their blood!!

is ur mother a nigerian?

Will love to see that match. Ghana will outplay Nigeria in the midfield and I suspect there will be more goals

Pastor Olu T: One thing and only one thing is needful, do not be deceived by the devil into getting too much attached to the things of the world. The devil is so subtle that he get you too busy even with good things and activities of religion, but not that which is needful. You major on the minor and minor on the major, and before you know it you have spent your life on the wrong things and it is too late.

But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou are careful and trouble about many things. But one thing is needful: And Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Luke 10:40-42

Stay blessed and remain rapturable

Thank you my bro. Look at all the insults going on. People have forgotten that each man -regardless of looks, tribe, ethnicity, race or origin - was created by GOD and in the image of GOD