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J.J. Abrams to Produce Diamond Heist MovieJ.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot will produce a diamond heist movie based on a Wired article. Paramount owns the rights to the story.Dubbed the untold story of the world's biggest diamond heist, article chronicles the crime thought to have been carried out by Leonardo Notarbartolo, who was arrested in February 2003 for heading a ring of Italian thieves. They were accused of breaking into a seemingly impenetrable vault beneath the Antwerp Diamond Center and making off with at least $100 million in loot that's never been found. Based on circumstantial evidence, Notarbartolo was sentenced to 10 years; he was released from a Belgium prison this week.We do like a great heist movie. This one should be interesting. You can see the Wired feature here and watch a video about heist here. Posted on March 16, 2009 blog comments powered by Disqus |
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