Prime Video Releases First-Look Images for ‘Christmas in Lagos’ With Ayra Starr Before Pausing Original Productions in Africa (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comChristopher Vourlias Prime Video has released first-look images for “Christmas in Lagos,” a holiday romantic comedy from “Gangs of Lagos” multi-hyphenate Jade Osiberu that features chart-topping Afrobeats sensation Ayra Starr and a loaded cast of Nigerian pop and screen stars.
The film marks the first and only original to come out of Osiberu’s groundbreaking, multi-title pact with the streaming giant, which announced earlier this year that it was pressing pause on its original productions in Africa.
Osiberu confirmedto Variety that she has formally exited that deal. Taking its cues — and maybe a few meet-cutes — from “Love Actually,” “Christmas in Lagos” sets a series of interlocking stories against the backdrop of Lagos’ raucous “Detty December” festivities, following four friends navigating friendship, love and loss during the holiday season.
The cast includes Teniola A. Aladese, Shalom C. Obiago, Rayxia Ojo and Shaffy Bello, with on-screen appearances from some of the biggest names in Afrobeats, including the 22-year-old vocal sensation Starr, who appeared in Variety’s 2024 Young Hollywood Impact Report, and singer-songwriter Adekunle Gold.
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