Will Packer Productions and Mo Abudu’s EbonyLife Studios are teaming to develop an untitled project, based on Evan Ratliff’s Bloomberg article, “The Fall of the Billionaire Gucci Master.”The companies won the rights in a highly competitive situation and have set the project up at Universal Pictures.Ratliff’s article digs into the story of Nigerian Instagram influencer Ramon Abbas.
The figure otherwise known as Hushpuppi, or the Billionaire Gucci Master, is alleged to have perfected a simple internet scam, which allowed him to launder millions of dollars.Packer and Abu’s project is described as a globetrotting action thriller—a hybrid of Catch Me If You Can and The Usual Suspects.Writer discussions are said to be ongoing and progressing
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