The two and half minutes movie trailer hit a million views within days of hosting on YouTube and has been attracting positive comments from fans across the continent.
Jimmy Jean Louis of Phat Girlz and a member of the cast also said ‘The CEO’ has the potential of becoming a great movie from the African continent.
He said, “We’ve been trying to work together for a long time and this is the project that brought us together. This movie has the potential to become one of the best movies coming from Nigeria and Africa, with African directors, African producers and African talents. If this movie crosses over, then it will open the door for other African movies, which will help in telling the right story about Africa.”
‘The CEO’ boasts of a cast of heavyweights in Africa’s entertainment industry, including Beninese multiple award winner, Angelique Kidjo, singer Jimmy Jean-Louis, Wale Ojo and Kemi Lala-Akindoju.
A part funding of N50 million loaned from Bank of Industry (BOI’s) NollyFund, the movie revolves around the mysterious death of top executives across Africa dispatched on a week leadership retreat by a multinational telecommunication firm to determine the best executive to be appointed the firm’s new CEO.
The movie is set mainly on a beautiful beach resort on the outskirts of Lagos in Nigeria and other countries.
Meanwhile, Kunle Afolayan has revealed his incidental encounter with music diva, Angelique Kidjo. In one of his Instagram posts the October 1 producer recalls their meeting and how the Beninese goddess landed a role in the movie.
He wrote, “I remembered that afternoon on the plane from Los Angeles to New York. We exchanged pleasantries and started chatting about work and all sorts. We arrived NY and exchanged our works. We met again for dinner two days after and discussed more work stuff and that was when I started seeing what magic she can bring to the screen as an actor. I proposed that she read The CEO script which she agreed to, she came back to me and said she loved it and here we are today”.
The CEO is coming on the heels of October 1, Afolayan’s psychological thriller and his fourth shot at filmmaking after Irapada, Figurine and Phone Swap. Interestingly, Cote d’Ivoire cinema is yearning for a July 2016 release.
Tribune
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