Global streaming giant, Netflix, has released the trailer for Kunle Afolayan’s latest movie ‘Ijogbon’.
The coming-of-age movie tells the story of four teenage youths from the rural village of Oyo Oke in South-West Nigeria, who stumble on a pouch of diamonds.
However, things get chaotic as the owners of the diamond return in search of who dared take their treasure. And now the teenage youths must come face to face with a lot of chaos as regards the diamonds as they work together to save one of their friends.
The trailer details what to expect and gives a concrete picture of the movie since production pictures were released in January 2023 and its official poster revealed in August 2023.
The film created by Kunle Afolayan was shot at Kunle Afolayan Productions (KAP) Film Village and Resort in Igbojaye, north of Oyo State.
It features Ruby Akubueze, Kayode Ojuolape, Fawaz of Ikorodu Boiz and Oluwaseyi Ebiesuwa as the four friends in the drama.
The cast also includes Gabriel Afolayan, Adunni Ade, Bimbo Manuel, Yemi Solade, Sam Dede, Gregory Ojefua, Saeed Mallam, Femi Branch, Femi Adebayo Salami and Dorathy Bachor of the Big Brothet Africa fame
Written by Tunde Babalola, ‘Ijogbon’ is one of the seven movies unveiled by Netflix in August 2023 and is slated for release on the streaming platform on October 13, 2023.
This will mark the release of Afolayan’s first feature film since ‘Anikulapo’ in 2022.
