Opa Williams, Lancelot Imasuen’s latest offering to Nollywood

Notable film makers and stars are getting busier than ever, working round the clock not only to raise the bar but also, to tell the entire world that the art of film making has come to stay in Africa.

Particularly in Lagos, it’s a different kind of experience. Two notable film makers, Lancelot Imasuen and humour merchant, Opa Williams, respectively hit locations last week to shoot romantic comedy films that would point the way forward for the industry.

While Lancelot Imasuen’s latest movie, ATM (Authentic Tentative Marriage) is being shot in Lekki, Opa Williams and his production team are currently at Ijede, Ikorodu, shooting his comeback movie, “Three wise Men.”

Besides their different story lines, the two movies starring big names in the industry, are bound to raise bar when they are finally released in the cinemas. When HVP visited the two sets last week, it was a different kind of energy as directors, actors, and stage hands were busy working tirelessly to make the set come to life on screen. You are mesmerized, watching the actors interpret their roles on set effortlessly, and waiting patiently for the directors to say “action.”

It took me 10 years to complete the story of ‘Three Wise Men’

Meanwhile, on the set of Opa Williams’ “Three Wise Men,” one could see professionalism at play. It was an assemblage of Nollywood veteran actors; Richard Mofe Damijo (RMD) who recently returned to acting after he left the industry for politics more than nine years ago, Zack Orji, Victor Olaotan, Tina Mba, Ebele Okaro; rising actress, Gennfine Kanu and other production hands, were working tirelessly to make the set come to life on screen.

The movie, which the humour merchant said took him about 10 years to put together, is also a comedy film. Described as one of the films that will set a standard for comedy movies in Nigeria, the film tells the story of three wise men played by the trio of Victor Olaotan, Zack Orji and Richard Mofe-Damijo who, having seen through the vagaries of life and are now at the waiting lounge, have reason to look back and see how well they have travelled the road of life thus far and what becomes of the last days of their lives.

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