American media giant, Netflix, has acquired the movie ‘Mokalik’ by award-winning director and producer, Kunle Afolayan.
Mr Afolayan disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday on the sideline of the French-Nigerian Cinema Days holding from July 2-3 at the Alliance Francaise, Ikoyi, Lagos.
“I wish to inform you that Netflix has acquired ‘Mokalik’ and some other of my films,” he said.
Afolayan did not disclose the value paid for the acquisition but said the company had not announced when the films would be released on the platform.
‘Mokalik’ features singer Simisola Ogunleye, popularly known as Simi, in her debut acting role and Big Brother Naija ex-housemate, Tobi Bakre, among other actors.
Other stars in the all-Yoruba cast movie include Femi Adebayo, Ayo Adesanya, Faithia Williams and Lateef Oladimeji.
Comic actors, including Wale Akorede (Okunu), Ayo Ogunshina (Papa Lolo) and Dayo Akinpelu (Alabi Yellow), also starred in the movie.
“Visiting the mechanic workshop after about 15 years opened my eyes to a lot of things that I believe the world should know about our local auto car repairs industry,” Afolayan had said of the movie.
Netflix had at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2018) acquired ‘Lion heart’, the directorial debut of Nollywood veteran actress, Genevieve Nnaji.
It was also picked as a Netflix Original movie and was released worldwide on January 4, 2019.
