EbonyLife & Will Packer Productions Align for Action Thriller

Nigeria’s EbonyLife Studios has partnered with Will Packer Productions (WPP) to develop a project based on the Bloomberg article “The Fall of the Billionaire Gucci Master” by Evan Ratliff.

Mo Abudu, CEO of EbonyLife Studios, commented: “EbonyLife is uniquely positioned to ensure the depth and authenticity of this film. This is why we needed to partner with a major Hollywood producer like Will Packer Productions; they are equally invested in telling stories that resonate with our audiences. We understand the 21st-century environment, with its hyper-focus on status and financial wealth, creating highly talented but fundamentally flawed characters like Hushpuppi, and WPP knows how to create stories with global appeal.”

Abudu will produce for EbonyLife Studios, and Will Packer and James Lopez will produce through their Will Packer Productions. The project is set up at Universal Pictures. The globetrotting action thriller is billed as a cross between Catch Me If You Can and Usual Suspects.

Packer, founder of Will Packer Productions and Will Packer Media, said: “Ten months ago, Mo pitched us a rich and entertaining concept steeped in Nigerian culture that can only be told with the help of her unique perspective. Together, we knew Evan’s work was the definitive telling and the perfect anchor of this saga.”