Mamoudou Athie To Star In & Produce Feature Film ‘Chigali’ Based On Vespucci Group Story As Dorfman Media-Backed Firm Ramps Up Audio IP Strategy

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Mamoudou Athie, star of breakout feature film Patti Cake$, is to star in and produce a feature film set in the Sahara Desert

, a project based in Mauritania, the North African country where he is from. It is based on an audio story, produced by Vespucci, and written by journalist Sahar Zand.

Athie came on board after forwarding the story to his father, who was emotional when he listened to it and attached himself as a producer and agreed to play the lead. It is the latest example of a new business model being driven by Vespucci Group, a company founded by Daniel Turcan, a Swiss producer living in New York who has worked on films including Jon Hamm and Tim Robbins-frontedHand of God.

 

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