Achebe’s African trilogy begins with Things Fall Apart. Idris Elba is executive producing and starring in a TV series adaption of Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” at A24 Studios. According to a Variety Magazine exclusive, Elba and David Oyelowo are producing Things Fall Apart, a book penned by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe.
November 16, 1930, was Albert Chinἥalἥmọgụ Achebe’s birthdate. He passed away on March 21, 2013. He was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who was recognized as one of the key players in contemporary African writing. The most read, researched, and translated African book is still his 1958 book Things Fall Apart.
His 1958 book Things Fall Apart is still the most read, researched, and translated African book. It has been translated into more than 60 languages and has been honored with both the Man Booker International Prize and the Nigerian National Merit Award. It is the first book of Achebe’s African Trilogy, which also includes Arrow of God and No Longer at Ease. In the past, it was made into a movie and a miniseries, with Pete Edochie as Okonkwo in the latter.
Elba and Gina Carter will executive produce under their recently established 22Summers production business, even though no writer is presently linked to the project. Through Yoruba Saxon, David Oyelowo and Amanda N’Duka will serve as executive producers. Ben Forkner, Dayo Ogunyemi, and Achebe Masterworks are additional executive producers. Additionally serving as executive producers are Achebe Masterworks, Dayo Ogunyemi, and Ben Forkner. The studio is A24. “The story follows Okonkwo (Elba), a fearless African warrior and leader, as British colonists disrupt his world,” is the official logline for the television series Things Fall Apart. He represents the conflict between strength, weakness, and adaptation in a heartbreaking encounter as he tries to hold onto power and tradition.
Elba, who starred in the Apple series Hijack, was just nominated for an Emmy. For his part in the British crime thriller series Luther, he received four nominations. He collaborated with media tycoon Mo Abudu on the movie Dust to Dreams earlier this year. Elba is a well-known actor from the films The Harder They Fall, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, and Beasts of No Nation. The most recent Paramount+ series Lawmen: Bass Reeves, which Oyelowo co-produced with Yoruba Saxon, featured Oyelowo in the lead role of Reeves. Government Cheese, an upcoming Apple TV+ series, is produced by Yoruba Saxon. The After, The Water Man, A United Kingdom, and the documentary Ferguson Rising are just a few of the films that the firm has produced.
