Danny Boyle To Direct Heist Film ‘Smash And Grab: The Story Of The Pink Panthers’
By Germain Lussier/Oct. 4, 2013 1:18 pm EST
Variety broke the news of the deal. Apparently Boyle, an Oscar-winning director of Slumdog Millionaire, saw the documentary and immediately envisioned it as a narrative story. He then grabbed his producers and pursued the remake rights. After completing Trance, he had yet to settle on a follow-up project and this might be it.Smash and Grab had a very small theatrical release earlier this summer in the U.S. Here’s the trailer, followed by the official description. It looks like something Boyle would absolutely crush:
Playing out like a noir thriller spiced with cutting-edge animation and shocking real surveillance footage, Havana Marking’s Smash & Grab is an exclusive all-access pass into the mysterious world of international jewel thieves. Dubbed ‘The Pink Panthers,’ the formidable Balkan gang has stolen nearly a billion dollars worth of jewels from boutiques in the world’s most opulent cities, including Geneva, Paris, London, Geneva, Dubai and Tokyo. Through never-before-seen interviews with key gang members, this provocative documentary delves into the gang’s incredible history and introduces the viewer to the global police forces who work furiously to stop them. Beyond the glitz of the Panthers’ incredible heists, Smash & Grab exposes dark truths about the illicit diamond trade and the world’s most ruthless mafia networks.
