The buzz around Genevieve Nnaji's Lionheart, which arrived on Netflix last week Friday, hit a new high when Hollywood actress Kerry Washington tweeted this morning that she was watching the movie and loving it.
Nigerian Oscars Selection Committee (NOSC) had on Wednesday picked Genevieve's 'Lionheart' as the country's submission to the International Feature Film category of the 2020 Oscars.
The Academy has disqualified Nigeria's "Lionheart" from the list of movies in the Best International Feature Film category, to compete for the Oscars Award.
King of Boys, Lionheart, Mary Poppins Returns, Mortal Engines and Grinch made up the other half of the top ten. Between December 28 and December 30, cinemas across the country recorded N166,996,007.
Pete Dunne, the longest-reigning WWE UK champion, tweeted: "I always looked up to Lionheart's professional approach to wrestling when it was far from that at the time.
While the rest of the world has to wait, you get a special screening of Up North, King Of Boys, and Lionheart this weekend, at the @nollywoodinhollywood festival.
Kalahari Desert girl from Botswana, Lorraine Lionheart, who released a song in Nigeria titled 'Keke Napep', saying the commercial tricycle will make a good romantic gateway has explained why she flaunts her sexy hips and bum.
The tweet reads: "Today we joined other bikers in Nigeria at the Seme border to welcome and accompany @lionheart1759 in Nigeria Our President, @kaypaluk is seen taking the lead from this angle, in his @FRSCNigeria marshal bib.
It was especially after the disqualification of "Lionheart" from the Oscars foreign feature category that the distinctiveness of Nigerian English made it into the mainstream.
Nigerian actress and singer Stella Damasus who was born in Benin City, Edo State has shared her review for Genevieve Nnaji's new movie Lionheart, adding on just how much she was moved.
It would be recalled that after the release of her Netflix movie, Lionheart in the year 2018 and its nomination for the Oscar Award, the actress and movie producer disappear from the movie screen without any prior notice.
Bako alongside 4th Republic writer Emil Garuba also co-wrote the Netflix original film, 'Lionheart' with C.J. Obasi, Chinny Onwugbenu and Genevieve Nnaji.
No doubt helped by its vintage Highlife production, it was also on the soundtrack of Genevieve Nnaji's Lionheart, a film which generated huge buzz in Nigeria and beyond. However, Pheelz felt it wasn't a hit. Many came for him.