Jeremy Renner Crowned King of Heists

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=82377

Source: Deadline
September 20, 2011

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 Robbery 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.

I love a heist movie and the period setting and the fact it's based on a true event make this one very intriguing.

 

[Ultra Lantern]

This looks interesting.I might see it when it comes out.

 

[def28]

Man, Renner gets the coolest characters to play. Sounds like a solid flick.

 

[cherokeesam]

Yeah, I'll check this one out, too.
Sounds like Renner's star will very much be on the rise in 2012, via Avengers, MI, Bourne and possibly this movie.

The Hansel and Gretel one, not so much....

 

[TheDragonator]

Oh. A heist movie.

*looks at date it's taking place in*

....
Oh ****, an oldtimey heist movie!

Getaway buggies.

 

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[TheDragonator]

"Go faster, you damned horse! The constable is approaching!"