NTA, Others Sign Deal To Remake ‘Cock Crow At Dawn’

Nigerian Television Authority , (NTA) is collaborating with different manufacture players to remake ‘Cock Crow astatine Dawn’.

The collaboration volition bring the much-loved tv bid backmost to primetime connected the nationalist broadcast presumption successful 2026.

The exclusive co-production woody signed connected October 6, 2025, volition spot NTA, Natives Filmworks, headed by Steve Gukas and Dimbo Atiya’s ITK collaborate to nutrient an archetypal 104 episodes of ‘Cock Crow At Dawn”.

“We are excited to instrumentality what was a much-loved bid to our screens. The timing couldn’t beryllium better, fixed the Federal Government’s propulsion to summation involvement and information successful agriculture. It feels astir similar a 360 infinitesimal erstwhile you deliberation of the conditions that birthed the amusement successful the archetypal place,” said Salihu Abdulhamid Dembos, the director-general of NTA.

“Remaking ‘Cock Crow At Dawn’, is the archetypal successful our determination to bring backmost gems successful our catalogue that we judge volition resonate with today’s audiences. It is portion of our efforts to bring them backmost to our work and boost ratings for our Network.

“I americium assured we person recovered the close partners successful Natives Filmworks and Innovative

Television Kontent.

They some person produced riveting contented and I americium excited astatine what they bring to the array and what it means for this series,” added NTA’s Executive Director Programmes, Tari Taylaur.

Cock Crow astatine Dawn was 1 the astir watched bid connected NTA and was liable for the commencement of tv stars that included Sadiq Daba, Ene Oloja and George Menta.

The bid was a indispensable ticker for a ample fig of Nigerian families. The remake, scheduled to statesman filming successful the 2nd 4th of 2026 successful Jos, Plateau State is expected to employment cutting borderline movie exertion and targets some section and planetary distribution.

“We bash recognize the magnitude of the accidental and are excited to present connected it. Our remake of Cock Crow At Dawn, volition beryllium a game-changer for bid productions successful Nigeria, ”enthused ITK’s Dimbo Atiya. ITK has created implicit 6000 hours of captivating tv bid for DSTV and Netflix. These include; The AMVCA Best Original play The Rishantes, Sons Of The

Caliphate, Halita, W.A.R – Wrath And Revenge and WINGS. They person besides produced celebrated films which see Still Falling and Drawing Strength.

On his part, Steve Gukas said, “We are incredibly arrogant of the accidental to spouse with NTA connected this bid that is, frankly, a nationalist treasure. We are good alert of the value of work this holds. It is an fantabulous accidental for the manufacture to showcase however acold it has travel since the archetypal tally of the bid successful the 1980’s. We shall propulsion successful the precise champion successful each spheres of the manufacture to present connected the committedness this holds.

”Natives Filmworks, has been liable for critically acclaimed films similar 93 Days, A Place In The Stars, Living In Bondage: Breaking Free and astir precocious the edgy

First Features, first-time movie directors slate for Amazon Prime.

The travel of the remake begins with creating a Writers Room and communicative store this October. The show, erstwhile completed, volition aerial play connected the NTA’s Network service.