Drew Barrymore is putting her producers hat back on over at Warner Brothers. The star is set to produce a film version of the Ally Carter ‘young adult’ novel HEIST SOCIETY. Denise Di Novi and Di Novi Pictures’ Alison Greenspan are also producing for the studio according to The Hollywood Reporter.
So, here what it’s all about, so sayeth the trade.
The book follows a young woman named Katarina Bishop who hails from an extended family of cat burglars and master thieves. The girl leaves her illicit life behind, but when her father is the prime suspect in the case of a mobster’s missing art collection, she assembles a crew to track down the art and steal it back.
The main characters are said to be in their twenties, which puts them as a little older than what they are in the book.
Shauna Cross, who penned the screenplay for Barrymore’s movie WHIP IT, will adapt the novel.
Apparently every studio in town wanted a piece of HEIST SOCIETY, but the big WB outbid them all…
