{"id":128025,"date":"2025-09-10T17:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/128025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T17:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:06:09","slug":"south-africa-snatched-production-of-woman-king-from-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/128025\/","title":{"rendered":"‘South Africa snatched production of Woman King from me’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Leila <\/a>Leila Djansi is a Ghanaian-American filmmaker<\/p>\n

Ghanaian-American filmmaker Leila Djansi has shared how the production of the popular American movie, “The Woman King” slipped through her fingers. <\/p>\n

In an interview with Hitz FM shared on X on September 9, 2025, Leila Djansi noted that she was supposed to produce the much-talked-about project in Ghana; however, the project was snatched from her by South Africans. <\/p>\n

She explained that due to a lack of ultramodern equipment in the country, the project fell into the hands of South Africans. <\/p>\n

“The Woman King was supposed to be shot here. I was actually supposed to produce The Woman King, but somehow South Africa took over. But they did shoot in Ghana, but it was only a role in the castle,” she said. <\/p>\n

‘I will collapse all guilds in the film industry when given the chance’ – Leila Djansi<\/a><\/p>\n

She further noted that she felt disappointed and annoyed after the movie was produced in South Africa. <\/p>\n

According to Leila Djansi, she could have done a good job because the storyline for the movie resonated better with Ghanaians than South Africans.<\/p>\n

“I was really disappointed, but South Africa had the edge, so they were able to take it. I was really offended… Benin is right here, the Volta region, and Togo are right here, and they are one people,” she added.<\/p>\n

JHM\/EB<\/p>\n

Also catch the latest episode of Talkertainment with Ghana\u2019s most-sought-after MC\/Hypeman, Kojo Manuel, below:<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leila Djansi is a Ghanaian-American filmmaker Ghanaian-American filmmaker Leila Djansi has shared how the production of the popular…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-128025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}