Nile Entertainment, the Nigerian distribution company launched last year by veteran film executive Moses Babatope, has landed African theatrical rights to “Son of the Soil,” a Lagos-set action-thriller from the U.K.’s Sovereign Films and its genre label Action Xtreme.
Featuring British Nigerian actor-writer Razaaq Adoti and directed by Chee Keong Cheung (“Bad Day at the Office”), “Son of the Soil” stars Adoti as a former Nigerian Special Ops paratrooper who returns home after the murder of his sister. When he finds his community overrun by a violent drug cartel, he sets off on an emotionally charged fight for justice and redemption.
Filmed entirely in Nigeria, “Son of the Soil” is produced by Sovereign Films CEO Andreas Roald (“Triangle of Sadness”), Ioanna Karavela, Chee Keong Cheung and Razaaq Adoti, in association with Wingonia Ikpi’s Boxonia Blueprint, whose producing credits include Nigerian box-office sensations “Ijakumo” and “Sugar Rush 2.”
The cast features Iretiola Olusola Doyle,...
Featuring British Nigerian actor-writer Razaaq Adoti and directed by Chee Keong Cheung (“Bad Day at the Office”), “Son of the Soil” stars Adoti as a former Nigerian Special Ops paratrooper who returns home after the murder of his sister. When he finds his community overrun by a violent drug cartel, he sets off on an emotionally charged fight for justice and redemption.
Filmed entirely in Nigeria, “Son of the Soil” is produced by Sovereign Films CEO Andreas Roald (“Triangle of Sadness”), Ioanna Karavela, Chee Keong Cheung and Razaaq Adoti, in association with Wingonia Ikpi’s Boxonia Blueprint, whose producing credits include Nigerian box-office sensations “Ijakumo” and “Sugar Rush 2.”
The cast features Iretiola Olusola Doyle,...
- 5/17/2025
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
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