PRODUCTION:  A Place in the Stars focuses on “how fake and adulterated medical drugs are being traded for billions of dollars”. Gukas decided to make a film on fake drugs, having been inspired by the tenure of the now late Dora Akunyili as the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). According to him, the zeal and dedication of Akunyili helped a lot to reduce the prevalence of fake drugs in Nigeria to a minimum level at the time.

The film which was partly funded by Nigeria’s National Film and Video Censors Board is a co-production of Natives Filmworks with Jungle FilmWorks, Massive Entertainment, Consolidated Media Associates, Pepper Fruit Consult, MichelAngelo Productions, and T-Large Media. According to Gukas, the total amount spent on producing the film is over a million dollars. It was shot in Jos, Abuja, and Lagos. The film’s development through production took a period of five years.

MUSIC AND SOUNDTRACK: The music was composed by George Kallis; Instrumentation for the music composition was done by a ninety-piece orchestra and it was recorded in Budapest, Hungary. The music score is majorly of an uplifting tempo. The theme song for the film “A Place in the Stars” by Jeremiah Gyang of Chocolate City music label was released on 21 September 2014, along with its music video.