“BURNING COLES” – FANTALK

Hey folks! You’re welcome to this Fantalk edition where we’ll be doing a preview of the latest upcoming Mount Zion film Burning Coles, a filmic adaptation of the novel of the same name, written by Emmanuela Mike-Bamiloye. As usual, we’ll be making cast, crew and plot guesses; so, let’s dive straight into it.

Mount Zion Film Productions began filming Burning Coles on November 18, 2021, and during its one-week shoot, movie stills emerged online from Damilola Mike-Bamiloye, who is presumably the director. The pictures feature a host of drama ministers such as Elvon Jarret from the House on Fire series, Bunmi Bamitale, our beloved Kinkinyinun from the Abejoye series, Tokunbo Jarret from Stalker, Eric Amole-Adams of Games, Ayomide Badejo of the WaT show, Aanumorigba Olumuyiwa in Heart Pain and Mummy Gloria Bamiloye. Similarly, the crew members seen and stated are Ayo ‘Cineman’ Olaleye as the assistant director and script supervisor, Sewedo Wusa, Fada Pentecost and Fabunmi Olawale as the cameramen, Nike Owah as the makeup artist, Tomisin Fasola as the art director, TOluwa Olarewaju as the light man and the production manager extraordinaire is Tunde Owah.

From the trailer and the novel’s back-cover blurb, the story is about Funke Cole, who has come to terms with being married to a drunk. This undoubtedly affects their three children, and in the midst of all that, Funke’s old lover, I think, comes riding on a horse as Prince Charming to save the day…at least, that’s how I see it. But that’s not all there is to it, no? Fire burns in that home and we’ll see whom the family turns to when Burning Coles is premiered at the Drama Ministers’ Power Night today at Jogor Centre, Ring Road, Ibadan, at 7pm. If you loved Gbemi, you’ll definitely be blessed with this one as well, being the writer’s second novel to be adapted to the movie medium.

If you’d love to watch this movie in an amazing atmosphere, there’s no better place than at Power Night. So, please be there. I hope that subsequently, the audience will be given more premiere notification time, so as to build fanbase anticipation and aid planning for attendance. I believe that in time, it’ll be premiered on YouTube too. Perhaps, I’ll do a spoiler-free review of it before then; we’ll see.

Till then, stay blessed!