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Extraction 2: Hollywood Russo Brothers invite Ikorodu Bois to movie premiere

The Ikorodu Bois have been invited to attend the premiere of the Hollywood movie ‘Extraction 2’.

This was after they made a remake of the trailer to the prequel which features Chris Hemsworth.

The movie which was written by Joe Russo and directed by Sam Hagrave had the remake of its trailer done with scrap materials by the Ikorodu Bois.

The group of kids decided to remake the movie which debuted back in April, and shared it their Twitter page on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.

They tweeted:

“We so much love this movie and we hope @chrishemsworth and @netflix sees this remake”.

Their video was good enough to get the attention of popular film’s directors, Joe and Anthony Russo, who acknowledged the kids and also invited them for the movie premiere of Extraction 2.

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The Russo Brothers retweeted it:

“This is awesome! We would love to have you guys at the #Extraction 2 premiere…DM us and we’ll get you there!”.

Watch the video below.

This is not the first time the Ikorodu Bois will be getting the attention of Hollywood stars.

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Months ago, they got a shout out from Will Smith for the remake of his movie Bad Boys in which they mimicked him and Martin Lawrence.

Anthony and Joseph Russo popularly known as the Russo Brothers, are known for directing some of marvel universe award winning movies like captain America, Winter soldier, captain America civil war, Avengers Infinity war and Avengers Endgame.

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The Ikorodu Bois consists of brothers Muiz Sanni, 15, Malik Sanni, 10, and their cousin, 13-year-old Fawas Aina acting out the movies and music videos while the Sanni’s older brother, 23-year-old Babatunde Sanni, works as editor and manager.

They’ve down some shot-for-shot reenactments of Bad Boys for Life, Money Heist, even a tribute to Kobe Bryant, and other pieces of entertainment.

The creative efforts of The Ikorodu Bois have not gone unnoticed in the past. ‘The Professor’ from Money Heist tweeted,

“What an amazing job!!! Congrats!! Thanks a lot for this. You all are the very best”.

See some of their works below:

The Ikorodu Bois have also gained over 500,000 followers on Instagram.

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