Pha’rez Lass, Marc John Jefferies, Michael Wright, & Ephraim Benton Cast In Ron Elliot’s Dope King
Deadline reports that Pha’rez Lass (Mayor of Kingstown) has been set as the lead for Ron Elliot’s film, Dope King.
Pic follows Profit, a drug dealer shot in the head and left for dead, who survives and seeks to covertly strike down his enemies, in order to reclaim his territory. He is left in anguish after learning his protege was killed and decides to give up life as a drug dealer, but his enemies soon discover he is still alive and are trying to kill him. Now, he must grapple with post-traumatic stress disorder, his fiancé’s kidnapping and the debt he owes to the Russian mob for a product he does not have.
Manny Perez, Marc John Jefferies, Michael Wright, Ephraim Benton, Sakina Deer, Mesha Mellington and Marquise Jackson will also star. Ron Elliot and Sharon Gordon are producing via their Visionary Entertainment Group, alongside Shawn Lindsey, Ephraim Benton, Walter Nicoles and Marquise Jackson. ForUsByUs Network’s Herb Kimble is serving as EP.