Storyland Studios’ Nollywood Film City/Theme Park Project Will Break Ground in February 2023
Storyland Studios is building a film city/theme park in Lagos, Nigeria in partnership with Del-York International Group.
Storyland Studios and Del York International are bringing a Nollywood film city/theme park project to life in Lagos, Nigeria.
The city’s name will be Kebulania, inspired by Alkebulan, the ancient indigenous name for the African continent. Alkebulan is translated to mean “mother of mankind” or “garden of Eden.”
Construction on the Kebulania project will begin in early 2023. The film city/theme park is slated to open in 2025. Nigeria’s film industry, widely known as “Nollywood,” is the second largest movie industry in the world next to India’s Bollywood.
Kebulania is a first-of-its-kind studio city on the African continent. It was designed and master planned by Storyland Studios. Kebulania will be an entertainment industry campus and film lot in vein to Universal Studios Hollywood.
Kebulania will be fully equipped with modern sound stages, workshops, a film and creative arts academy, a museum commemorating the history of Nollywood, residential housing, retail, dining, entertainment, a hotel, commercial real estate, and a backlot theme park.
Kebulania is targeting a 2025 opening.
Another little scoop on Storyland Studios that I learned over IAAPA is that their second themed experience with Ubisoft will be announced soon. It was supposed to be announced during IAAPA but it experienced some delays.
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