[2] In August 2015, Charles Okpaleke acquired the rights to Living in Bondage for a period of ten years under his production company Play Entertainment Network.

He also encounters new problems – the paparazzi's constant interference in his life, his new wife Ego fleeing with his money after he collapses at their traditional wedding, and Merit's ghost haunting and terrorising him when he least expects.

A now frustrated Andy asks the satanic cult for help, but when the Chief Priest insists he can only pacify his late wife's spirit by blinding and castrating himself, he refuses.

[7][8][9] Living in Bondage started with a script written by Okechukwu Ogunjiofor but without funding so he partnered with Keneth Nnebue, a businessman who imported VHS tapes from Taiwan.

In 2015, veteran actor Ramsey Nouah and Charles Okpaleke acquired the rights to Living In Bondage from Kenneth Nnebue for a possible remake which was to be filmed in Europe and America as well as in Nigeria.

[14] In 2018, Nouah announced his remake had transitioned into a sequel now titled Living in Bondage: Breaking Free, and was released on November 8, 2019, becoming the 11th highest-grossing Nigerian movie.