King of Thieves (2022 film)

King of Thieves is a 2022 Nigerian thriller film produced by Femi Adebayo and directed by Tope Adebayo and Adebayo Tijani.[1] It stars Odunlade Adekola, Femi Adebayo, Toyin Abraham, Broda Shaggi, Adebayo Salami, Lateef Adedimeji, and Ibrahim Chatta.[2] The Yoruba-language movie was co-produced by the Niyi Akinmolayan's Anthill studios and Femi Adebayo‘s Euphoria 360. The movie's premiere held on April 4, 2022 and the star-studded event held at the IMAX Cinemas, Lekki, Lagos which featured lot of trends and talk-point.[3] The movie hit the cinema nationwide from April 8, 2022[4]

King of Thieves
Agesinkole
Directed by
  • Adebayo Tijani
  • Tope Adebayo
Produced byFemi Adebayo
Starring
Production
companies
  • Anthill Studios
  • Euphoria 360
Running time
110 minutes
CountryNigeria
LanguageYoruba

Selected Cast

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Synopsis

King of Thieves (Agesinkole) is a story of a popular town and prosperous kingdom of Ajeromi, things were going as good as it should be in the Ajeromi kingdom until Agesinkole, a powerful bandit and terrorist came to terrorize the peaceful and prosperous kingdom of Ajeromi, the Ajeromi Kingdom however sought to destroy this Agesinkole bandit with just every power within them including their hunters, witches, wizard and every powers they possess.[6]

Premiere

King of Thieves (Agesinkole) was premiered on Sunday, April 4, 2022 at the IMAX Cinemas, Lekki, Lagos, the theme of the premiere was 'Epic and Dangerous' which also saw a lot of celebrities in attendance and also dressing in line with the theme,[7] the event was star-studded and saw lot of celebrities and big names of the industry in attendance, some of those in attendance are Tade Ogidan, Tunde Kelani, Iyabo Ojo, Antar Laniyan, Segun Arinze, Mercy Aigbe, Dayo Amusa, Eniola Ajao, Denrele Edun, Muyiwa Ademola and a host of others.[8] Popular media company, StarTimes which Femi Adebayo is also an ambassador also hosted Femi Adebayo and congratulated him on the debut of his new movie in Cinema, the screening by the press, StarTimes team, Nollywood industry icons, and movie critics took place at the Silverbird Cinemas, Ikeja City Mall.[9]

References
  1. Nwogu, Precious 'Mamazeus' (2022-03-11). "Check out the newly released trailer for 'King of Thieves' (Ogundabede)". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  2. "StarTimes hosts premiere of Femi Adebayo's 'King of Thieves'". Punch Newspapers. 2022-04-08. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  3. "Femi Adebayo's King of thieves ready for public viewing". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  4. Nwogu, Precious 'Mamazeus' (2022-03-11). "Check out the newly released trailer for 'King of Thieves' (Ogundabede)". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  5. BellaNaija.com (2022-04-04). "The Spectacular Cultural Display Served at the "King of Thieves" Movie Premiere". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  6. "King of Thieves". Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  7. Odutuyo, Adeyinka (2022-04-06). "Femi Adebayo, other stars arrive on horses at his carnival-like movie premiere". Legit.ng - Nigeria news. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  8. "Femi Adebayo's King of thieves ready for public viewing". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  9. "StarTimes celebrates Femi Adebayo's feat as King of Thieves hits cinemas". Vanguard News. 2022-04-08. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
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