Thursday, January 26, 2012

Trio See Half A Yellow Sun

Dominic Cooper, Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor will star in the film adaptation of  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's bestselling novel "Half of a Yellow Sun" according to Screen Daily.


The story follows several characters including a university professor (Ejiofor) and his girlfriend (Newton), their houseboy along with several more and sets it against the backdrop of the Nigerian Civil War in the late 60's when southern Nigeria attempted to secede and form their own country.

Cooper will play a British ex-patriot studying in Nigeria.

Nigerian playwright Biyi Bandele will be making his directorial debut on the film

Andrea Calderwood and Gail Egan are producing the film.

Production kicks off in March.

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