Netflix Wants Me To Make Anikulapo Series – Kunle Afolayan » Naijaloaded

Popular Nollywood actor, Kunle Afolayan has revealed that Netflix, a worldwide streaming platform, desires him to provide a collection from Anikulapo.

The award profitable filmmaker, made this recognized as we speak in an interview with Guardian UK, including that he was certain ‘Anikulapo’ which he had been engaged on for six years would develop into a blockbuster.

‘Anikulapo’, set within the seventeenth century historical Oyo kingdom, premiered on Netflix on September 30, 2022 and every week after its premiere, grew to become the most-watched non-English movie on Netflix, with a cumulative 8.7m streaming hours.

Kunle Afolayan who featured his seventeen 12 months outdated daughter, Eyiyemi Afolayan in ‘Anikulapo’ stated his preliminary plan was to make it right into a collection however Netflix prevailed on him to make it a characteristic movie first and if the film bought out, he may increase it right into a collection.

“I’ve been working on Aníkúlápó for six years. Originally, I wanted to make a series, but I shopped it and kept telling people that this movie would be bigger than Game of Thrones,” Afolayan stated.

“Eventually, Netflix instructed me to make a film first since I believed within the undertaking that a lot, and if it grew to become a hit, we’d develop a collection.

“Right now, Netflix is the one urging me to start making the series. I knew we made a great film and that it’d start conversations, but I didn’t know it’d do as well as it has done,” he added.