The untitled movie project is based on the Bloomberg article, 'The Fall of the Billionaire Gucci Master,' about Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Ray Hushpuppi.
The untitled movie project is based on the Bloomberg article, "The Fall of the Billionaire Gucci Master," about Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Ray Hushpuppi.EbonyLife Studios, a Nigerian production company, owned by media entrepreneur and filmmaker, Mo Abudu, has acquired the rights to produce an action thriller based on the life story of the Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi.
Both production houses won the rights after a highly contested derby by several producers, while the movie is now set up at Universal Pictures. Ms Abudu broke the news on Instagram on Thursday and also gave an insight into how the movie project came about. She wrote, ‘‘When the Hushpuppi story made headlines last year, I pitched the story idea to @willpowerpacker and James Lopez. They bought the idea and as headlined in this press release, together we won the rights to the Bloomberg article by Evan Ratliff mentioned above.
‘‘The globetrotting action thriller project is said to be a hybrid of catch me if you can and usual suspects. It’s a dream come true to be working with Will Packer Productions and Universal Pictures on this project,’’.
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