Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen’s Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi’s Invasion 1897 movie is set to hit the cinemas. The project which had started since 2010 marks the centenary anniversary of the principal actor, Oba Ovonramwen, who was deposed and sent parking from his kingdom in Benin to Calabar, where he later died, 14 days after Lord Lugard amalgamated Nigeria. Imaseun, a prolific film maker who is best known for various epic works, said: “I will not die if I do not make three movies and one is the story of Oba Ovonramwen. I read all the works and books that have been written on him on how that story particularly changed the story of Benin Kingdom and that today they have not been able to recover from its effects. Professor Ola Rotimi wrote about Oba Ovonramwem and was criticized. Professor Ahmed Yerima also wrote and all are being read all over the world, but nobody has ever had the guts to say let us do this eternally on motion pictures for preservation and prosperity sake. So, I promised myself not to die until I do a story on Oba Ovonramwen and his exile from Benin Kingdom. The next project is Fire in His Bones, a movie that will be dedicated to late Arch Bishop Benson Idahosa, which I had already gotten a go ahead from his family to produce and of course, the Esama of Benin Kingdom. These are the three works”. Oba Ovonramwen was the last king in the sub-Saharan Africa who was captured by the British, dethroned and sent on exile in Calabar, where he later died. The movie was shot in both Nigeria and United Kingdom. Some of the actors who featured in it are: Segun Arinze, Paul Obazele, Charles Inojie, late Justus Esiri, Brown Atiele and others. Invasion 1897 also revived the career of Michael Omoregbe, an erstwhile veteran actor who makes his return to active acting with a starting role in the movie after 24 years of acting-hibernation. He played the lead role with his striking resemblance of late Oba Ovonramwen himself.