slashfilm.com - 9/21/2009
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Darren Aronofsky is developing a gritty heist thriller based on “the daring robbery of the Securitas Depot in Tonbridge, a £53 Million Sterling score thought to be masterminded by former mixed martial arts fighter and UFC star ‘Lighting’ Lee Murray.” Screenwriter Kerry Williamson ...
variety.com - 9/22/2009
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variety.com —
Kerry Williamson to write indie thriller Darren Aronofsky
will direct and produce an indie heist thriller based...
on the daring $85 million robbery at the Securitas Depot in Tonbridge, England, in February 2006. XYZ Films and Time Inc. Studios are ...
Aronofsky joins with Time for heist pic - Entertainment ...
variety.com - 9/22/2009
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variety.com —
Book Adaptations: Kerry Williamson to write indie thriller
-- Darren Aronofsky will direct and produce an indie...
heist thriller based on the daring $85 million robbery at the Securitas Depot in Tonbridge, England, in February 2006.
Aronofsky joins with Time for heist pic
getthebigpicture.net - 9/22/2009
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getthebigpicture.net —
We'll start with the good news: Darren Aronofsky
has signed up to direct and produce an adaptation...
of one of the most daring crimes of the century. In Tonbridge, Kent, a group of criminals lifted $85 million from a Securitas warehouse, although they didn't exactly get away with it. ...
Darren Aronofsky Pulls Off a Heist Movie
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Darren Aronofsky Planning a Giant Heist Movie
Film School Rejects —
... According to our friends at /Film, The Wrestler director Darren Aronofsky is currently developing a movie based on “the daring robbery of the Securitas Depot in Tonbridge, a £53 Million Sterling score (around $86 million US) thought to be masterminded by former mixed martial arts fighter and UFC star ‘Lightning’ Lee Murray.” ...
Darren Aronofsky To Make A Gritty Heist Movie
Screen Rant —
... just happy to see Aronofsky make more movies.
What do you think of Aronofsky directing a heist movie, particularly one based directly on a real one? Are you a fan of the director’s work and do you think he is suited to this type of film?
There’s currently no title or release date set for Aronofsky’s heist film, but it is being produced by XYZ Films, Inc. Studios and Protozoa Pictures (the latter has partnered with the first two).
Sources: /Film and Variety
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Aronofsky producing British heist thriller
Filmstalker —
... of the events and that it would focus on the alleged ring leader and mastermind who was now in Morocco, Lee Lamrani Ibrahim "Lightning" Murray , a British-Moroccan mixed martial arts fighter who entered the Ultimate Fighting Championship after a strong fight career. It would be his story that would be filmed, his life, which is also interesting reading, including his suspected role in the robbery and his subsequent flight from Britain. According to Variety through /Film and Twitch , Darren Aronofsky is set to produce the film but not likely ...
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“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.
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The Wrap RSS 9/21/2009
By Wrap Staff Darren Aronofsky has signed on to co-produce and possibly direct a thriller based on a British bank job that netted more than $85 million in 2006.
The crime allegedly was masterminded by mixed martial arts brawler ...