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WME Independent Launching Domestic Sales On John Swab’s Fentanyl Crime Thriller ‘King Ivory’ Out Of Venice
John Swab's 'King Ivory' is launching domestic sales via WME Independent at this year's Venice Film Festival, Deadline has learned.
“Big Mac.” With potency 100 times that of heroin and nearly undetectable at the border, the drug nicknamed King Ivory has flooded the market, triggering a tidal wave of overdoses, crime and addiction. In a statement to Deadline on the project, Swab said: “To prepare for this script, I spent a lot of time with families of addicts, active junkies, government officials, cops, trafficked migrants, criminals, cartel members, and prisoners. Shot last summer, in and around Tulsa, OK, under a SAG Interim Agreement — necessitated by the SAG-AFTRA strike — the film also stars James Badge Dale ( The Departed), Rory Cochrane ( Black Mass), George Carroll ( The Town), Sam Quartin ( Candy Land), and newcomer Jasper Jones.
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