Idris Elba, the British international award-winning movie star has on his second return to his motherland of Ghana promised he’ll be shooting a movie here.
Idris Elba on his second return after initially representing during the ‘Year of Return’ has promised he’ll be shooting a movie here in Ghana as he stated “The National Film Authority has done the work. Put together a comprehensive plan to propel Ghana into the forefront. It needs to be robust. It needs to be competitive. We believe for sure, and I know you believe in your legacy that you want to leave behind, that Ghana should step up to start attracting those filmmakers”
He would further go on to add “What I want to do is that I have a film that I’m directing, and I’m hoping to bring that film, or at least some of that film, to shoot it in Ghana. That film will be here in December. We start pre-production in August. Some of the films, in two or three weeks, will be in Ghana by December”
Idris Elba made the revelation in a courtesy call to the Jubilee House and president H.E Akuffo-Addo. It would be recalled his first movie shot in Ghana was the award-winning ‘Beast Of No Nation’ which was released in 2015 and helped push the likes of Abraham Attah who was just a kid at the time from the streets to Hollywood. He also stated countries such as South Africa, Greece, Europe, and Morocco have made heavy investments in the film industry because they understand the values of the movie industry in helping their respective economies.
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