CHIWETEL EJIOFOR AND THANDIE NEWTON ON SET OF CHIMAMANDA'S ''HALF OF A YELLOW SUN''

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandie Newton play the lead characters in the movie adaptation of ''half of a yellow sun'' Chimamanda Adichie's Orange prize winning novel about the Nigerian civil war. Chiwetel is ''Odenigbo'' while Thandie plays the part of ''Olanna''. Directed by Biyi Bandele and executive produced by Yewande Sadiku and Mukhtar Bakare. The movie's cast also include Genevieve Nnaji, Onyeka Onwenu, Zac orji, Anika Noni Rose, Joseph Mawle, and John Boyega.