The Nigerian kids’ movie remakes are so impressive they’ve landed a Hollywood invite

• A group of young Nigerian siblings went viral in recent days for a fun, low-budget remake of the trailer for the Netflix original Extraction movie they posted to their social media accounts.
• It took the boys a month to shoot their version of the Extraction trailer.
• Their remake caught the attention of Netflix, as well as celebrities like Chris Hemsworth.

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Muiz and Malik Sanni are two brothers -- age 15 and 10, respectively -- who along with their 13-year-old cousin Fawas Aina spend their free time in the Lagos suburb of Ikorodu demonstrating a lot more ingenuity and creative flair than most of us probably did at their age. With technical help from their older brother Babatunde (who's 23), Muiz and Malik put their affection for American movies to use by producing low-budget remakes of trailers and of their favorite scenes, utilizing everything from wheelbarrows as cars to their handwriting which replaces the on-screen text included in the official clips.

They've been posting the results to their YouTube channel (titled Ikorodu Bois, which is the name across their social media presence), including other creations like their Bad Boys remake. But it's what they posted online in recent days -- a homemade recreation of the trailer for the Netflix original Extraction movie, which was released back in April -- that turned them into an Internet sensation, drawing kudos from stars, as well as from Netflix and even Extraction producers Joe and Anthony Russo.

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