{"id":706593,"date":"2026-05-31T16:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T16:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/706593\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T16:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T16:28:26","slug":"100m-louvre-heist-set-for-big-screen-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/706593\/","title":{"rendered":"$100M Louvre heist set for big-screen adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/arts\/what-we-know-about-brazen-louvre-jewel-heist\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> brazen robbery of the Louvre<\/a> \u2013 when thieves made off with jewelery worth some $100 million \u2013 is set to become a movie, a publisher said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>French director Romain Gavras \u2013 whose work includes 2025 Hollywood film &#8220;Sacrifice&#8221; starring Anya Taylor-Joy and music videos including most recently a hypnotic schoolboy choreography for GENER8ION \u2013 will draw inspiration from the investigative book &#8220;Main basse sur le Louvre&#8221; (literally &#8220;A grab at the Louvre&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>Film rights to the book about the Oct. 19, 2025 heist had been sold to the production company Iconoclast, the Flammarion publishing house said.<\/p>\n<p>The book, written by three journalists, from French dailies Le Parisien and Le Monde, and weekly glossy magazine Paris Match, is to hit bookstores on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to trade magazine Le Film Francais, the movie project is in development, though neither the title nor the cast has been announced.<\/p>\n<p>The Louvre heist sent shock waves around the world and sparked a security crisis within the world-famous museum that ultimately led to the replacement of its director, Laurence des Cars.<\/p>\n<p>After seven months of investigation and despite the arrests of the main suspects, the jewels have still not been found.<\/p>\n<p>The authors said their apparent disappearance &#8220;has become a dense mystery, a puzzle that has plunged investigators into deep confusion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The heist illustrates how &#8220;the theft of artworks has become a business like any other for many criminals,&#8221; they say. &#8220;The criminal underworld has found a new cash cow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JN9LXf.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    The Daily Sabah Newsletter\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                    Keep up to date with what\u2019s happening in Turkey,<br \/>\n                    it\u2019s region and the world.\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    SIGN ME UP\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                    You can unsubscribe at any time. By signing up you are agreeing to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.<br \/>\n                    This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.\n                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last year&#8217;s brazen robbery of the Louvre \u2013 when thieves made off with jewelery worth some $100 million&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,343729,460,134,151833,87480,15460],"class_list":["post-706593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-big-screen","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-heist","tag-louvre","tag-movie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}