BEVERLY HILLS, February 23 (THEWILL) – Oscar-winning actress, Lupita Nyong’o was on Saturday hosted by novelist Chimamanda Adichie in Lagos.
Nyong’o, famous for her roles in movies such as 12 Years a Slave, Black Panther and Queen of Katwe, is in Nigeria to promote her screen-adaptation of Adichie’s novel, Americanah.
American subscription video-on-demand streaming service, HBO Max, gave a straight-to-series order for the Americanah project in 2019.
Nyong’o is set to star and also act as Executive Producer of the show while her Black Panther co-star, Danai Gurira, wrote the pilot and will serve as showrunner on the 10-episode limited series.
Notable Nigerian actors were also at the event and are expected to be featured in the screen-adaptation.
