“The Wrestler” director Darren Aronofsky will direct and produce a movie based on the robbery committed at the Securitas Depot in Tonbridge, England in February 2006.
Kerry Williamson, recent scribe on Alexander Payne's adapted “Fork In The Road,” is adapting the script from an underlying rights package that includes Jon Wertheim's Sports Illustrated magazine article “Breaking the Bank” and Howard Sounes' nonfiction book “Heist: The Inside Story of the World's Biggest Robbery.”
Variety says that XYZ Films and Time Inc. Studios are partnered with Protozoa Pictures on the project. Scott Franklin of Protozoa will produce alongside Aronofsky. Time Inc. Studios chief Paul Speaker is executive producing, with XYZ fully financing the development.
On Wednesday, 22 February 2006, GBP53 million ($85 million) in bank notes was stolen from a cash warehouse belonging to the Securitas company in Tonbridge, Kent — a sum of money so vast that if the notes were stacked up they would equal the height of high-rise building. In terms of value, the Tonbridge Securitas robbery puts all previous famous British capers, such as the Great Train Robbery and the Brink's-Mat bullion heist, in the shade; it also overshadows similar robberies overseas. Only in times of war have larger cash sums been stolen. This was a crime notable for its audacity, carried out in a small town in the Garden of England. A large number of people have been charged in connection with the Tonbridge robbery, with eleven men and women standing trial at the Old Bailey in summer 2007. Further details cannot be revealed at this stage, for legal reasons, but the full story will be told in Heist, by the author of one of the most successful true crime titles of recent years. Full of jaw-dropping detail and full of narrative pace, it will be the definitive account of these strange and compelling events.
Aronofsky said:
”The story is a very unique British heist tale with colorful London characters. I've always wanted to shoot in England and Kerry is the perfect writer to bring authenticity to this outrageous true bank job.”
Members of the gang point guns at staff in the depot heist
Hi is currently at work on “Black Swan” starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis and angry lesbian sex. The pic is scheduled for release in 2010.
Read more about robbery: Securitas depot robbery – Wikipedia
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