Nigerias Nile Entertainment, U.K.s Action Xtreme Ink FirstLook Deal to CoProduce and Distribute Slate of Action Films and Series in Africa (EXCLUSIVE)

News Source : Variety
News Summary
- Nile Entertainment has signed a first-look deal with Action Xtreme to co-produce and distribute a slate of action films and series in Africa.
- The partnership aims to bring fresh African stories to the world stage while giving Nollywood talent and crew opportunities to work on high-level international productions.
- The deal kicks off with the Lagos-set action-thriller “Son of the Soil,” directed by British Chinese filmmaker Chee Keong Cheung.
Nile Entertainment, the Nigerian distribution company launched last year by veteran film executive Moses Babatope, has signed a firstlook deal with Action Xtreme, the genre label of the U.K.s Sover [+4861 chars]