- JEREMY RENNER IS KING OF HEIST
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| Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye in Avengers, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow behind him. |
Jeremy Renner is set to headline King of Heists, Deadline
reports, based on the 2010 nonfiction book by J. North Conway.
Subtitled "The Sensational Bank Robbert of 1878 that
Shocked America," Conway's book is officially described as follows:
"King of Heists" is a spellbinding and
unprecedented account of the greatest bank robbery in American history, which
took place on October 27, 1878, when thieves broke into the Manhattan Savings
Institution and stole nearly $3 million in cash and securities — around $50
million in today’s terms. Bringing the notorious Gilded Age to life in a
thrilling narrative, J. North Conway tells the story of those who plotted and
carried out this infamous robbery, how they did it, and how they were tracked
down and captured. The robbery was planned to the minutest detail by criminal
mastermind George Leonidas Leslie — a society architect and ladies’ man whose
double life as the nation’s most prolific bank robber led him to be dubbed the
“King of the Bank Robbers.”
Renner will take on the role of Leslie with newcomer Will
Staples adapting the tale for the screen.
King of Heists marks another ambitious project for Renner,
who is already starring in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Hansel and
Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Avengers and The Bourne Legacy, all of which are set
up as potential franchises.
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