{"id":90652,"date":"2022-07-29T21:09:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T21:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=90652"},"modified":"2022-07-29T21:09:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T21:09:31","slug":"elesin-oba-the-kings-horseman-odunlade-adekola-confirmed-as-lead-cast-in-ebonylifes-latest-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/07\/29\/elesin-oba-the-kings-horseman-odunlade-adekola-confirmed-as-lead-cast-in-ebonylifes-latest-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Elesin Oba, The King’s Horseman: Odunlade Adekola Confirmed As Lead Cast In Ebonylife’s Latest Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

The newest movie from Netflix and EbonyLife, \u201cElesin Oba, The King’s Horseman,” will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this year.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The film, which is a Yoruba language version of Wole Soyinka’s tragic play “Death and the King’s Horseman,” will feature in the festival’s Special Presentation category.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cElesin Oba, The King’s Horseman,\u201d will be the first Yoruba language film to hit this milestone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Filmed in 2021, the adaptation will be directed by Biyi Bandele (\u201cBlood Sisters”) with popular Nollywood actor, Odunlade Adekola<\/a> playing the lead role. Also, Shaffy Bello, Olawale “Brymo” Olofooro, Deyemi Okanlawon, Omowunmi Dada, Jide Kosoko, Mark Elderkin, Jenny Stead, Langley Kirkwood, Kevin Ushi, Drikus Volschenk, Fares Boulos “Oyibo Rebel,” Ajoke Silva and Taiwo Ajayi-Lycett all star in the movie.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Nobel Prize winner’s 1975 drama, which is set in an old Yoruba city and centers on English colonial officers who step in to stop the Elesin Oba from committing ritual suicide after the death of his king, will be the basis for Bandele’s adaptation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mo Abudu, EbonyLife\u2019s boss announced the TIFF premiere via her Instagram page.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cEbonyLife Films and our co production partners Netflix are pleased to announce that Elesin Oba, The King\u2019s Horseman, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September 2022. Elesin Oba will feature in the prestigious Special Presentation category, the first Yoruba language film to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The original Death and the King\u2019s Horseman was a stage play, written by Prof. Wole Soyinka, who won Africa\u2019s first Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. It is the first time that one of Soyinka\u2019s works has been made into a feature film. The screen adaptation was written and directed by Biyi Bandele.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Watch the trailer below.<\/p>\n