2021 seems to be currying great collaborations for Nigerian Media mogul, Mosunmola Abudu better known as Mo Abudu as her company, EbonyLife continues to sign solid partnership to tell African stories.
The latest in the bag is a deal signed in partnership with American Actor, Will Smith and wife, Jada Pinkett‘s Westbrook Studios to work on multi-project slate of co-producing films with African contents. The partnership comes barely one week after EbonyLife signed a deal with Sony Pictures TV to create and tell compelling African stories on Television.
Breaking the news, the Media mogul disclosed on her IG handle @MoAbudu said, ”We all dream of lofty goals becoming a reality, then one day those dreams come true, I’m proud to announce that our vision of EbonyLife Studios being in partnership with Will and Jada’s Westbrook Studios is now real. Westbrook’s goal is to create and curate powerful and inclusive content. This is completely in line with our vision at EbonyLife – to tell global African stories from our perspective. Together, we will be developing a slate of projects that reflect our shared goals. We are beyond excited!”
Also she hinted, “As we set out to focus our initial slate of international content for the Studio business across a diversified set of key territories and regions, the creative energy and world class artistry coming out of Africa is absolutely undeniable,” said Westbrook Studios SVP, Head of International TV & Film, Eli Shibley.
“We are thrilled to be working with a best-in-class producer like Mo and her EbonyLife team, to tell stories that uniquely celebrate African characters, perspectives and resonate with fans of great film and television around the world.”
Under this partnership, our two studios will produce two series and one film project, ranging from a cosmopolitan female dramedy to an Afrofuturistic adventure series. The projects include “Dada Safaris”, “The Gods” and “Are We Getting Married?”
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“Our key focus and mission at EbonyLife Studios and EbonyLife Media is set on creating the largest continent wide ecosystem within which we harness and grow our creative economy, creating countless opportunities for all that work within our sector in front and behind the screen, never forgetting that our primary aim must be to tell stories that are world class, exciting, relevant and entertaining ” – Mo Abudu, you may quote me on this.
