You’re welcome to another Fantalk episode. Today, we’ll be taking a look at an upcoming movie – The Wonderful Name. It’s an ANCEDRAM production and let me say here that ANCEDRAM stands for All Nigeria Conference of Evangelical Drama Ministers; so, they are the largest conglomeration of drama ministers and gospel film makers not only in Nigeria, but in Africa and beyond. They have produced this movie in conjunction with the travel agency Absolute Success Tours and Travels, popularly known as UfitFly. A very interesting fact about The Wonderful Name is that it was shot in Israel, so, that’s something to really look forward to.
The movie is set for release on Friday, June 19, so, we’re gonna examine some production pictures and a one-minute trailer. As usual, we’re going to make cast, crew and plot guesses. So, let’s do just that.
- PRODUCTION TIMELINE
In March 2019, UfitFly organised a pilgrimage to Israel for drama ministers and gospel filmmakers and anyone who wanted to join them. The pilgrimage was billed to hold from September 16 to 24, 2019 with Yemi Adepoju, Kolade Segun-Okeowo, Shola Mike-Agboola, Feyi Adepoju confirmed for the trip, all of them evangelists.
In early September, it was reported that these drama ministers were planning to shoot a movie on that pilgrimage to Israel and from the outset, it had been noted that the title would be The Wonderful Name and that it would be written and directed by Shola Mike-Agboola, the president of EVOM World Network.
The drama ministers arrived Israel on 12th September and we see that the group included other drama ministers such as Ayobami Adegboyega, Kehinde Adebayo and Adenike Aderemi-Fashikun. By the 20th of September 2019, the ministers had featured in a live stage drama and had begun shooting.
- THE CAST
The only way to make accurate guesses here is to consider those in the trailer, and so, it is certain that the movie features Kolade Segun-Okeowo, Feyi Adepoju, Shola Mike-Agboola, Adenike Aderemi-Fashikun, Yemi Adepoju, and Kehinde Adebayo, and definitely a host of others.
- THE CREW
From the production pictures and trailer, the writer and director is Shola Mike-Agboola, the director of photography is Ayobami Adegboyega, make up was handled by Feyi Adepoju, the project coordinator is Yemi Adepoju and the movie was produced by ANCEDRAM and UfitFly.
- THE PLOT
There isn’t too much information to work on here but from the trailer, it seems Kolade Segun-Okeowo’s character is the protagonist and his wife is played by Feyi Adepoju. His voice is heard all through the trailer and there seems to be some conflict in his life, a choice he has to make and it seems his disposition is towards letting a certain boy die than embark on a certain journey. He is seen with a cigarette in his hand in a scene that supposes that he’s a renegade Christian and also has a certain last straw that has broken his camel’s back. Yemi Adepoju seems to be a long-lost friend of his. The movie also casts Shola Mike-Agboola and Adenike Aderemi-Fashikun possibly as a couple, maybe a pastor and his wife.
With Kolade Segun-Okeowo shown to be a strong-willed character, it seems the core of this story would revolve around him. From this, it seems that The Wonderful Name will not be a very long film, but then, who knows, maybe what we’ve seen in the trailer is just a very small fraction of what the movie is about.
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