Thomas Ikimi may not be known in Nollywood, but in Hollywood, the Nigerian movie director has made a name for himself as the first Nigerian to direct a Hollywood movie.
According to Paris Harcourt of Paris Harcourt Media Consulting, London, organisers of the movie launch, 'Legacy' will be released in Nigeria later in the year.
Life and Beat gathered that the movie will be showing next at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, followed by the American Black Film Festival in Miami.
Talking about the movie , Harcourt said 'Legacy' is a psychological suspense thriller that tells the story of two brothers in conflict.
"Malcom Gray" (Idris Elba,Rock n Rolla,American Gangster ) , a highly trained Special Forces soldier, has gone AWOL after being captured and tortured for months in the Balkans. He books himself into a New York hotel room, from where he calls a journalist promising to reveal damaging information about his brother, Senator Darnell Gray. Confined to his hotel room, he is visited by a series of people - firstly his colleagues from the special ops unit, then the female journalist to whom he gives the evidence about his senator brother, and finally he is visited by his ex fiancée who has broken his heart by marrying his brother. They each want to help him but his resolve for revenge is unbreakable. Tormented by guilt over his own actions as a soldier and by the personal and political betrayals of his brother, Malcolm's paranoia is like a pressure cooker. On the verge of violence from moment to moment, Malcolm's grasp on reality is gradually called into question. It is only in the last scene that his intentions are finally revealed," Harcourt said...
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Birth Name
Thomas Eromose Ikimi
Height
6' 0½" (1.84 m)
Mini Biography
Thomas Ikimi was born in Westminster, London on April 10th 1979. He is of Nigerian descent. He attended primary school in Nigeria, prep and public school in England and university in America. He holds a literature and writing degree from Columbia University, New York.
Thomas' student film, 'Limbo' (2005), after a showing at the Cannes Film Market in 2005, was subsequently invited to the Taormina International Film Festival in Sicily, Italy as an Official Selection. It was one of only 12 films chosen worldwide, and had the added honour of opening the festival. This brought attention to Thomas due to the fact 'Limbo' only cost $9000 to produce mostly on his student credit card, and it was in a fest where the $153 million Batman Begins was premiering in Italy. Thomas was a second year student when he wrote, directed and produced the film, balancing the 2 1/2 week shoot with his mid term exams. He was nominated for best director and best picture at the Eerie Horror Festival 2004, and he won the Honorable Mention Award at the Flint International Film Festival 2005. Thomas has been working as a screenwriter in London since 2005, writing and developing screenplays for producers.
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