Late last year, Imasuen had promised to raise a new breed of actors and actresses that would take over the screen from likes of Genevieve Nnaji, Omosexy, Oge Okoye, Ini Edo, Tonto Dike, Rita Dominic, Jim Iyke, Desmond Elliot and a host of other Nollywood stars.
The film director told HVP, last weekend that all is set for the commencement of the search. According to him, the scheme will be launched any moment from now in Benin City. “We will soon roll out the scheme in Benin City and hopefully, we will be collaborating with the Edo Broadcasting Service.
Imasuen who was one of the panelists at this year’s African Economic Forum, held recently at Columbia University, where he presented a paper on piracy in Nollywood hinted that he has already set up an office in Benin. He promised to commence the registration of young and aspiring actors and actresses soonest. “The idea is to discover new faces in Nollywood, nurture and expose them to the world of film making. “Between now and the end of next year, I want to raise 101 brand new faces in Nollywood. That’s not to say, the current stars are no longer popular or have been overused. Let us create opportunity for competition.” the accomplished director said.
Imasuen popularly known as The Governor said, he will be accomplishing this task through his newly registered Nollywood Project 101. The company, he said will undertake the production of movies which will parade new faces with one or two popular faces as support acts.
“Over the years, all the movies that are produced parade the same faces and I said, this trend must change, we are pace-setter in the industry. So, I decided to initiate and register Nollywood Project 101 as a company to raise new breed of faces. May be, with one or two popular faces as support acts. The lead characters in the upcoming films will be new faces. It’s the legacy I want to bequeath to the industry.” he added.
Imasuen said, ‘ Dark Waters”, ans “Adewusa” which featured relatively new faces like Beverly Naya and Pamela King, would soon hit the screen adding “ the release of the films will create a ceremony that would herald the production of series of movies for the project.’
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