Rok Studios

Rok Studios

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	August 2013;12 years ago (2013-08)
Founder	Mary Remmy Njoku
Headquarters	Nigeria
Key people	Mary Remmy Njoku (director general)
Products	Feature films Television series
Parent	iROKO Partners (2013–2019) StudioCanal (2019–present)

Rok Studios is a Nigerian film production company. Its production studios is based in Anthony Village, Lagos. The company was founded in August 2013 by Mary Remmy Njoku. ^[1] In addition to its numerous films, Rok Studios has produced over 12 TV series. ^[2]

Notable productions from Rok Studios include: Hazeezat ^[3] (2014), Thy Will Be Done , ^{[4] [5]} Festac Town, ^[6] –TV Series (2014), and A Northern Affair (2014) (all of which were produced by Mary Njoku).

Mary Njoku launched ROK on Sky, a network airing across the UK at the Nigerian High Commission in the UK in 2016. ^[7]

In July 2019, ROK was acquired by Canal+ Group from iROKO Partners. ^[8] Mary Njoku stays on as director general of ROK under the Canal+ acquisition. ^{[9] [10]}

On 23 November 2022, ROK United Kingdom launched a streamed service on Freeview channel 280. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

2013–2014 releases

Release Date	Title	Notes
2014	Festac Town	Produced by Mary Remmy Njoku
2014	Raging Passion [14]	Produced by Mary Remmy Njoku
2014	Hazeezat	Produced by Mary Remmy Njoku
2015	Stolen Waters [15] [16]	Produced by Mary Remmy Njoku
2014	A Northern Affair [17]	Production Finance
2014	A Trip To Hell	Production Finance
2014	Cheaters Vacation	Co-production
2014	Family Album [18]	Co-production
2013	False	Co-production
2014	Wicked Love	Co-production
2013	Finding Mercy	Co-production
	Somewhere in Africa	Co-production
	Forgetting June	Co-production
2014	Broken Mirror	Co-production
	2014 Prince of Barmah	Co-production
	Forbidden Choice	Co-production
	If You Were Mine	Co-production
	Nkuli	Co-production
2013	Crime Suspect	Co-production
	In Her Shoes	Co-production
2014	Mother's Error	Co-production
	Chibundu	Co-production

2015–2025 releases

Release Date	Title	Major Cast
2015	Thy Will Be Done
	Losing Control [19]
	Poisoned Bait [20]	Gideon Okeke, Marie Humbert, Mary Remmy Njoku, Adjetey Anang, John Dumelo, and Ama K. Abebrese
	Husbands of Lagos
	Desperate Housegirls
2016	Stalemate
	Aso Ebi
2017	Single Ladies
2022	April	Franca Brown, Okonkwo Uchechi Treasure, Bayray McNwizu and Diamond Okechi
2023	Daddy’s angles	Uzee Usman, Uchechi Treasure Okonkwo and Queen Benedicta Akpana
	Dry Leaves
	One in a Million
	Iman	Uzee Usman, Uchechi Treasure Okonkwo, Stanley Igboanugo
2024	Ahanna	Zulu Adigwe, Andy Ike, Joyce Kalu, Obi Okoli, and Okonkwo Uchechi Treasure

References

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2. "I've proven critics wrong— Mary Remmy-Njoku". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
3. "Watch Mike Ezuruonye, Mary Njoku, Segun Arinze, Alex Ekubo in 'Hazeezat' on IROKOtv Today!". Bellanaija.com. 2014-12-30. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
4. "BBC World Service - Newsday, Nollywood Film First at London's IMAX". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
5. "Fab Photos! Ramsey Nouah, Mercy Johnson-Okojie, Esama of the Benin Kingdom & More at the Movie Premiere of 'Thy Will Be Done'". Bellanaija.com. 2015-02-27. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
6. "Festac Town - All seasons on iROKOtv | Number One Home For Nollywood & Ghanaian Movies". Irokotv.com. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
7. Famuyiwa, Damilare (2019-07-27). "Everything you need to know about Mary Njoku, founder of the newly acquired ROK |". Nairametrics.com. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
8. "Vivendi's CanalPlus Acquires Leading Nigerian Studio ROK". The Hollywood Reporter . 15 July 2019.
9. "Canal+ acquires Nollywood studio ROK from IROKOtv to grow African film". Techcrunch.com. 15 July 2019.
10. "Canal+ acquires African producer ROK from parent IROKO". Tbivision.com. 15 July 2019.
11. "RokUK – Rok". Rokchannels.tv. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
12. "Rok". Rokchannels.tv. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
13. "New streaming channels for Freeview". Rxtvinfo.com. 21 September 2022.
14. "RAGING PASSION | African Movie Review". Talk African Movies. 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
15. "Stolen Waters [Trailer]-Latest 2014 Nigerian Nollywood Drama Movie (English Full HD)". YouTube. 2014-11-21. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
16. "Stolen Waters trailer latest 2014". Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
17. "A Northern Affair Ghanaian Movie [Official Trailer]". Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
18. "Majid Michel and Kofi Adjorlolo lead a display of quality African fashion | AfricanMoviesNews.com - African Movies - Nollywood Movies - Nigerian Movies - Ghana Movies - Yoruba Movies". AfricanMoviesNews.com. 2014-06-18. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
19. "Losing Control - All seasons on iROKOtv | Number One Home For Nollywood & Ghanaian Movies". Irokotv.com. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
20. "Poisoned Bait - All seasons on iROKOtv | Number One Home For Nollywood & Ghanaian Movies". Irokotv.com. Retrieved 2015-03-27.