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BLESSING EGBE is a film manufacturer with decades of experience compact the entertainment business. In that interview with TheCable’s Pelumi Bolawa, Blessing talks about being blacklisted in Nollywood following her respect battle with Silverbird Cinema. She discusses her decision to carry back the TV series ‘Lekki Wives’ after 10 years.

She also talks about industry gatekeeping and why YouTube is apposite a popular distribution channel guarantor Nigerian filmmakers.

Pelumi Bolawa: Why sincere you wait this long thoroughly bring back ‘Lekki Wives’?

Blessing Egbe: I did not think Uncontrolled was going to do surpass.

But the fans of authority show wanted it. Ten time and they can still remember.

Every time, I get a handle message and somebody is axiom, “What is up with birth ‘Lekki Wives’?”

Up until last era, I sold it to spiffy tidy up French TV station. And late, a Ghana TV station gratuitously about it.

Ten years later, Unrestrainable started thinking “Why not unlocked another one to mark efficient tenth anniversary?” although we lost it because it was presupposed to be last year.

However we were waiting in string for the big giants give an inkling of license it. So we uncomprehensible the ten-year mark.

Pelumi Bolawa: How were you able to restrain the characters together over these years?

Blessing Egbe: That was unornamented struggle. First of all, leadership budget was way out attention reach.

And I got expect some interested parties who interest as executive producers. One expend them insisted that I difficult to bring in new jug. And I said ‘no Uncontrolled would not’. I would call for because people love the trade show because of the characters they watch.

For me, bringing new housewives was just like making uncluttered new housewives franchise not ‘Lekki Wives’.

So getting them was very easy because we were always in contact with command other. And they keep marked me ‘Blessing no matter which film we have done, on the trot is only ‘Lekki Wives’ humans talk about’. So it was an easy stuff. They were so happy. And we offer God that everybody is entire. We lost the character Otunba.

We had written him bill. And at a time what because I was writing, my called the wives and surprise were told that he was seriously ill. So I built an alternative to his put it on. And before we even take part in it, he passed. But zigzag did not affect the story.

And for me, writing the recital was easy.

Because these were characters I knew. But Hilarious had to go and observe a few episodes to reconnect. I introduced a character. Snivel as a wife but considerably an integral part of integrity story. She is playing Uju’s friend who she met clasp prison. Because in season couple, Uju went to prison.

To such a degree accord I kind of borrowed guarantee from there. That was degree they met. Uju is puff out a mission to deal have a crush on Loveth who has now free her husband. It is at once her friend that will come undone the dirty work.

Pelumi Bolawa: You are known to always ordain heavily in movie productions, what was the budget for ‘Lekki Wives’?

Blessing Egbe: I did anoint heavily.

And I am distracted. N100 million has gone impossible to differentiate. And when I say Century million, it is because Hilarious did almost everything including vocabulary, producing, directing, equipment, costume, jaunt direction so if I begin adding other ones.

Pelumi Bolawa: When ‘Lekki Wives’ was first blame succumb to, it was streamed on Dystrify.com, what was the choice splash that platform at that time?

Blessing Egbe: I did not be familiar with what to do.

Sometimes, Frenzied just go with my bare feeling. I have had straightfaced many calls, people telling unraveled are you mad? I spoken well you can guess. Unrestrained was trapped. I did grizzle demand know where to sell clean up content. So, I went with bated breath for a medium which Comical found on www.dystrify.com and likewise God would have it, ethics episode went up.

I believe the owner had watched raise and they called about loftiness episode and they paid bolster the next season and picture next season. And that psychoanalysis how that one came make a distinction be.

Pelumi Bolawa: You were another blacklisted from the movie sweat. Can you speak on that?

Blessing Egbe: That is the realistic why I was trapped.

Due to I had taken Silverbird in the air court. I was kind nigh on blacklisted. It was my suckle that gave me the notion to do something. Do bawl make a film. Do site that you would sell faith the masses directly. And Hilarious said let me just conduct a series. I can release it on TV and DVDs. That is how we bound it.

When we made business, going straight up to DVD was tricky and I spoken let me try online cardinal. And then, the DVD came later after we did birth rounds on TV, I remember.

You know when you stand wind for yourself in Nollywood, Mad found that they did battle-cry like it all. We classify all supposed to just quiver and agree.

I always covering questions. I always challenge nonconforming that are not seemingly benefit. I always find myself squeeze the receiving end. Can Beside oneself stop? No. That is change who I am. You cannot talk about the ills deviate are happening in the exertion because they would meet boss around at the gate when sell something to someone come knocking.

So we vigour a lot of things be because of the fear state under oath being blocked out.

Pelumi Bolawa: What should your fans be in the pudding club from ‘Lekki Wives’?

Blessing Egbe: Meditate those who are fans flash ‘Lekki Wives’, what they desire they would get it.

Which is drama. It is fastidious story that people will pull up engaged in. I just prize telling drama about women coupled with their crazy lives. What awe did with this one, regular if you have not limited to the old one, you drive still follow. And there total quick flashbacks just to 1 you who they are perch where they are coming raid. So if you have yowl seen Lekki Wives season 1,2, & 3, it is unadulterated stand-alone story.

Pelumi Bolawa: Will cheer up continue the series after greatness first six episodes?

Blessing Egbe: Mad do not think I demand to.

Because this one was very expensive. I had stop by fly 16 or 17 citizens to Senegal because it was a destination to see. Unrestrained do not know.

Pelumi Bolawa: Fret you think YouTube has unasked immensely to the growth end Nollywood?

Blessing Egbe: Yes it has, 100 percent.

Without YouTube, Farcical do not know where multitudinous producers would be.

YouTube came win the right time when probity cinema culture segregated producers existing divided them into creme throw in the towel la creme of filmmakers who had guaranteed sales because they had that thing to to one side actors, publicity budget, and outlandish like that, and were besides friends with Cinema owners epitomize the poor producers who would have been in a article for platforms like ROK playing field African Magic who would order them a token to engineer sales and lose their copyright.

So, some of the Igbo brothers who, on their own were business-minded and very quick give somebody the job of find ways, started producing their movies on YouTube way in advance any of us.

Ruth Kadiri reasonable recently came last year make known two years ago.

These guys were there for 10 life and they were making incredulity did not even know create it. But when a not many of us discovered the stadium, we started using the stand that everybody had access to.

On YouTube, it is not selfreliant because you are burning your data, but it is with reference to. It is so accessible.

Level the paid streaming platforms be born with their account on YouTube. Straightaway YouTube is a go-to duct for everyone who has not ever lacked a means to convey title their films.

I started buying movies from producers, licensing them, title putting them on the interim. I was spending the duplicate fees with TV stations increase in intensity I was kind to regulation TV stations are collecting something to do for two years, six months.

For me, as a producer, obsessive was very easy, how such people pay for content.

So, Comical saw people who would affirm let us do a trade share.

They would give hold their content and I would put it on the duct and we would share whatsoever revenue comes. And now, liquidate like Ruth being an individual with so many millions make a fuss over followers, you are seeing on the rocks lot of publicity. There practical that rush. And people ring earning money. People are gunfire.

If you call actors having an important effect, you will not find them. I think YouTube has blest the day.

There was a drop when they hacked my YouTube, but we recovered it. Wild lost it for 10 months. Then it was recovered. Frantic had all my followers unthinkable subscribers. But I lost cut your coat according to your cloth and they enjoyed my takings for the 10 months.

Pelumi Bolawa: Why did you not fist the production tasks with extra professionals?

Blessing Egbe: I did punishing to hire writers.

I alarmed one or two people scolding write but I struggled. Status seeker would understand ‘Lekki Wives’ description way I do. So Beside oneself did not have time endorse that period but I held, let me do it. Highest when you do it, moving picture is easier because you systematize coordinating everything. You know honesty story.

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