Rapper-marijuana mogul Berner has hired Daniel Ragussis, writer-director of Imperium, to helm the upcoming crime thriller Packs about the rise of “designer” marijuana.
Francisco Ordoñez 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.
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 became a marijuana industry entrepreneur with his own medical marijuana dispensaries such as Cookies SF, Collective Efforts, and H2C Cookies 707.
Ragussis made his feature directing debut with Imperium, 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.
Ragussis said, “Berner has the ability to provide an exclusive and authentic view of the designer marijuana smuggling trade, a gritty, cinematic world we’ve never seen on screen before.”
