$102 Million Louvre Heist Is Getting the Film Treatment | Artnet News

Two thieves disguised themselves and broke into the Louvre, stealing eight historic jewels worth about €88 million in under eight minutes while security cameras recorded the crime. Several suspects have been charged, but the jewels have not been recovered. A Paris-based production company has begun developing a feature film based on a book titled A Grab at the Louvre, with French director Romain Gavras attached. The film’s release is projected for 2028. The book, written by three French journalists, uses secret documents, explosive reports, and sources with intimate knowledge to provide access to unprecedented material and a behind-the-scenes look at an ongoing investigation. Other producers are also reportedly developing related screen projects.

"Two thieves donned disguises, smashed their way into the world’s most famous museum, and made off with eight historic jewels believed to be worth €88 million ($102 million), all in under eight minutes (even as security cameras watched!)"

"Development has started on a still-unnamed feature film immortalizing the now infamous robbery, courtesy of Paris-based production company Iconoclast, which has purchased the rights to A Grab at the Louvre, the latest book on the crime. Any potential cast for this forthcoming project is still under wraps, as it stands."

"The book, A Grab at the Louvre, hit shelves today. Three French journalists penned this pacy, 224-page retelling—Jean-Michel Décugis and Jérémie Pham-Le of French dailies Le Parisien and Le Monde respectively, alongside Nicolas Torrent from the glossy Paris Match. Together, these writers drew on “secret documents, explosive reports, and sources with intimate knowledge of the case,” according to publisher Flammarion, affording them all “access to unprecedented material” which offered a tantalizing peek behind the scenes of this active investigation."

"At the movie’s helm, however, will stand French film director Romain Gavras—who has directed music videos for legendary bops like MIA’s ‘Bad Girls’ and ‘No Church in the Wild’ by JAY Z and Kanye West, plus last year’s adventure comedy Sacrifice, starring Anya Taylor-Joy. Gavras’s Louvre film could hit theaters in 2028, per Vogue Adria."

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