Tuesday, September 13, 2011
WHEN THINGS FALL APART – 50CENT’S BID TO BUY CHINUA ACHEBE’S LOYALTY FAILS
Hip-Hop Artiste turned Actor, 50 Cent, has changed the name of his new movie title after the legal counsel of renowned African writer, Chinua Achebe reached out to him.
50 Cent was forced to change the movie title from “Things Fall Apart” to “All Things Fall Apart” because it mirrors the name of Chinua Achebe’s classic novel written in 1958.
A source said, Chinua Achebe was offered $1 million dollars by the producers of the movie but they declined and released a statement saying:
“The novel with the said title was first produced in 1958 (17 years before 50cent was born), listed as the most widely read book in modern African literature, and will not be sold for One Billion Dollars”
All Things Fall Apart was shot sometime last year, and in the movie 50 Cent lost a considerable amount of weight in order to play a cancer victim. The movie is set to be hit the movie screens in the very near future.
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