‘Chief Daddy’ will be December’s biggest movie, Mo Abudu predicts

Mo Abudu, chief executive officer of EbonyLife TV, is bullish that her company’s new production will be “December’s blockbuster movie”.

Titled ‘Chief Daddy’, shooting of the movie commenced on Saturday, Abudu disclosed in an Instagram post.

According to Abudu, the movie “tells the story of billionaire industrialist Chief Beecroft, a flamboyant benefactor to a large extended family of relatives, household staff and assorted mistresses”.

The film features a star-studded cast which includes Bisola Aiyeola, Funke Akindele, Zainab Balogun, Shaffi Bello, Lepacious Bose, Ini Edo, Dakore Egbuson, and Linda Ejiofor.

Other actors expected to star in ‘Chief Daddy’ are Folarin ‘Falz’ Falana, Mawuli Gavor, Kate Henshaw, Ayo Lijadu, MI, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Beverly Naya, Nedu,  Uti Nwachukwu, Taiwo Obileye, Chioma ‘chigul’ Omeruah, Rachel Oniga, Beverly Osu, Nkem Owoh, Patience Ozokwor, and Joke Silva.

All glory to God, we rolled DAY 1 cameras today on "CHIEF DADDY", EbonyLife Films new feature, set to become this December’s blockbuster movie. It tells the story of billionaire industrialist Chief Beecroft, a flamboyant benefactor to a large extended family of relatives, household staff and assorted mistresses. Chief lives large, like there’s no tomorrow, until the day he dies suddenly and the ‘bullion van’ stops! What’s in his will and who gets all that money? What happens next will surprise you, as Chief Daddy has the last laugh from beyond the grave 😅. CHIEF DADDY is written by Bode Asiyanbi, Directed by Niyi Akinmolayan, producers are Temidayo Abudu and Queens Martins and we have an incredible cast lined up ….! They include in alphabetical order: Bisola Aiyeola, Funke Akindele, Zainab Balogun, Shaffi Bello, Lepacious Bose, Ini Edo, Dakore Egbuson, Linda Ejiofor, Folarin 'Falz' Falana, Mawuli Gavor, Kate Henshaw, Ayo Lijadu, MI, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Beverly Naya, Nedu,  Uti Nwachukwu, Taiwo Obileye, Chioma 'chigul' Omeruah, Rachel Oniga, Beverly Osu, Nkem Owoh, Patience Ozokwor, Joke Silva, #ChiefDaddyMovie

A post shared by Mo Abudu (@moabudu) on Apr 14, 2018 at 3:54pm PDT

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Niyi Akinmolayan, the director of  ‘The Wedding Party 2’, is at the helm of ‘Chief Daddy’ which was written by Bode Asiyanbi.

Glorious first day on set yesterday with our Christmas movie #chiefdaddymovie. Written by Bode Asiyanbi, Directed by Niyi Akinmolayan, Produced by Temidayo Abudu and Queen Martins, DOP, Muhammad Atta. #SwipeLeft for more pics. #ChiefDaddyMovie

A post shared by Mo Abudu (@moabudu) on Apr 15, 2018 at 1:19am PDT

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EbonyLife Film’s recent blockbuster project was the sequel to The Wedding Party.