Sello "Chicco" Twala is still on a war path against the upcoming Brend Fassie biopic set to make its cinema debut later this year.
The iconic music producer has made it clear that he is extremely upset that he wasn’t consulted in the making of this movie and vowed not to give his consent to the use of Brenda’s music because, according to him, he wrote 75% of her songs.
Chicco said he felt disrespected and undermined.
Since then, he has gone on a media spree, speaking to several radio stations about the film.
Here’s what we have learnt about this debacle since the story broke over the weekend.
First of all, a fuming Chicco has sent legal letters to a UK-based production company Showbizbee and local artist management company Legaci Nova Entertainment, the producers of the film, demanding that they not use his work without his consent.
ICYMI: CHICCO TWALA VOWS TO STOP BRENDA FASSIE BIOPIC!
We now also know that Bongani Fassie had allegedly promised to give Chicco the exclusive rights to a shoot a movie about the legendary Brenda Fassie.
According to Chicco, who spoke to Mo Flava and Masechaba Ndlovu on The Drive on Metro FM yesterday, he had already assembled a team to work on the movie.
"We've been waiting on the project for the past 5-years, with the blessings of the Brenda Fassie Estate & Bongani Fassie. I was granted the contract by the Executive, Bongani was present in the interim we spent over R1.8million for research, paying for the scriptwriter and I communicated with Bongani all the time on the developments,” he said.
He went on to claim that the producers of this new movie have done a rush job on the research.
"The research of those guys happened overnight, for a person like Brenda Fassie, you need experienced people, and time, you cannot allow people to make a film about Brenda like they're going to just shoot a Madluphuthu movie,” he said.
"I have the rights, Bongani allowed me to do research all these years, to go to Cape Town everywhere, I also gave him money. Now someone comes and just decides that no, we are terminating our agreement, you can't do that!"
"I'd like to see all the people who contributed to Brenda's life to be involved, they must not exclude certain people and it's also important to realize that Bongani and these people don't know much about Brenda's history. South African's are going to be given a movie that will be more of a mockery,” he continued.
