N1.27billion:Half of a Yellow Sun movie to be the most expensive Nollywood movie

The movie adaptation of Half of a Yellow Sun is said to become the most expensive Nollywood movie ever worth about N1.27billion in production cost, new reports claim.

The movie was shot at locations various location including in Cross River state and the United Kingdom, and stars A-list Hollywood actors like Chiwetel Ejiofor (Kinky Boots, American Gangster, 2012, Salt) and Thandie Newton (Mission: Impossible II, Crash, The Pursuit of Happiness).

Directed by Biyi Bandele, the film adaptation is a drama that brings together the lives of four people during the struggle to establish an independent Biafrian Republic out of Nigeria.

-ynaija