{"id":718,"date":"2017-02-09T20:29:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T20:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/?p=718"},"modified":"2017-03-02T20:30:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T20:30:37","slug":"daniel-ragussis-to-direct-berners-marijuana-crime-thriller-packs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/daniel-ragussis-to-direct-berners-marijuana-crime-thriller-packs\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Ragussis to Direct Berner\u2019s Marijuana Crime Thriller \u2018Packs\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"VarietyLogo1\"<\/a>Rapper\/marijuana mogul Berner has hired Daniel Ragussis, writer\/director of \u201cImperium,\u201d to direct the upcoming crime thriller \u201cPacks\u201d about the rise of \u201cdesigner\u201d marijuana, Variety has learned exclusively.<\/p>\n

Francisco Ordo\u00f1ez will write the screenplay based on a story by Berner, also known as Gilbert Milam, Jr. Berner will be financing the development and production of the film through his company, Bigger Business Entertainment.<\/p>\n

The film tells the story of the rise of powerful designer marijuana across state lines in a multi-million dollar illegal drug trade that transformed the marijuana experience in America during the past decade. Berner become a marijuana industry entrepreneur with his own medical marijuana dispensaries such as Cookies SF, Collective Efforts, and H2C Cookies 707.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made whole markets go from buying Mexican weed for $40\/ounce to buying Cali shit for $400\/ounce,\u201d Berner said. \u201cIt was like the coke wave of the \u201970s and \u201980s, and Northern California was a major part of it. With prohibition coming to an end, it\u2019s only right to let the world know how it all really went down.\u201d<\/p>\n

California\u2019s Proposition 215, or the Compassionate Use Act, was approved in 1996, allowing the use of medical cannabis. California\u2019s Proposition 64, allowing use of recreational marijuana, was approved by voters in November.<\/p>\n

Ragussis made his feature directing debut with \u201cImperium,\u201d inspired by the undercover work of FBI agent Michael German. The film starred Daniel Radcliffe and Toni Collette and was released by Lionsgate Premiere in August.<\/p>\n

Ragussis said, \u201cBerner has the ability to provide an exclusive and authentic view of the designer marijuana smuggling trade, a gritty, cinematic world we\u2019ve never seen on screen before.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ordo\u00f1ez was a co-producer and story consultant on \u201cImperium.\u201d He is currently developing his first feature film, \u201cAsher.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ragussis is represented by UTA and Steve Crawford and Sara Bottfeld at Industry Entertainment. Both Ragussis and Ordo\u00f1ez are represented by Mitch Smelkinson at Stone, Genow, Smelkinson, Binder & Christopher.<\/p>\n

View this article at Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rapper\/marijuana mogul Berner has hired Daniel Ragussis, writer\/director of \u201cImperium,\u201d to direct the upcoming crime thriller \u201cPacks\u201d about the rise of \u201cdesigner\u201d marijuana, Variety has learned exclusively. Francisco Ordo\u00f1ez will write the screenplay based on a story by Berner, also known as Gilbert Milam, Jr. Berner will be financing the development and production of the
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