Nollywood Movie Producer, Mo Abudu has revealed her plans of making a movie out of ‘the rise and fall’ of international scammer, Ramon Olorunwa Abass (Hushpuppi).
According to Mo, Ebonylife Studios will partner with Will Packer Productions to develop an untitled project based on the Bloomberg article “The Fall of the Billionaire Gucci Master” by Evan Ratliff.
Mo Abudu wrote on her Instagram page;
“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 rights were won after a highly contested derby by several producers and is now set up at Universal Pictures. The globetrotting action thriller project is said to be a hybrid of CATCH ME IF YOU CAN and USUAL SUSPECTS”.
The popular producer asserted that, a Nigerian storyteller has to tell this story in order to ensure its authenticity.
Hushpuppi, known for displaying a lavish lifestyle on Instagram pleaded guilty to money laundering in a US court after he was arrested.
After his arrest, Kristi Johnson, acting director of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, said Hushpuppi was one of the “most high-profile money launderers in the world” and that his guilty plea “was a crucial blow to his international network”.
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