The ever long-anticipated historical thriller drama, So Long Odigbose, inspired by a 400-year-old era narrative that has been performed for decades on stage by veteran actors including Omotola Jalade Ekeinde and Norbert Young, is now being transformed into a full-scale cinematic experience.
The project is spearheaded by renowned tourism entrepreneur and founder of La Campagne Tropicana, Otunba Wanle Akinboboye, who serves as the story originator and creative visionary behind the production.
The screenplay was entrusted to award-winning UK-based screenwriter Tunde Babalola, whose decades-long writing process has helped shape the project into a layered historical epic.
Tunde Babalola is a verified Nollywood screenwriter known for major films like Mokalik and other established productions.
Production insiders describe So Long Odigbose as a richly detailed thriller blending history, war, romance, betrayal, comedy, and cultural conflict, centered on colonial-era tensions that pit kingdoms against each other in a dramatic retelling of African resistance and survival.
Filming officially entered early production stages with high-level coordination between the director and crew.
On the first day, world-class cinematographers were reportedly engaged alongside high-end camera equipment to ensure a visually immersive experience.
Creative meetings focused heavily on scene precision, emotional depth, and authentic cultural representation.
By the second day, production expanded into full casting execution, with significant attention given to extras, background storytelling, and environmental realism.
Every frame, according to production notes, is being treated as essential to the emotional weight of the film.
Otunba Akinboboye explained that the project is being developed with a global audience of billions in mind, insisting on cinematic excellence and narrative depth that reflects both historical truth and artistic interpretation.
The film is expected to push beyond the boundaries of its stage origins into a more expansive and visually intense storytelling format.
So Long Odigbose is a standard African epic designed to captivate audiences both locally and internationally.