‘A Discovery Of Witches’ Writer Chris Cornwell Pens Heist Drama ‘A Theft Of Lies’ For Germany’s ZDF Studios & UK Indie Three Tables Productions
deadline.comChris Cornwell, who has written on A Discovery of Witches and Strike Back, has created and written a heist drama A Theft of Lies (working title) for Germany’s ZDF Studios and British indie Three Tables Productions.The series is follows an art forger who’s forced into teaming up with a professional thief to steal back priceless Asian artworks that were taken during Britain’s colonial past.
The story is inspired by several audacious true-life raids of Chinese art from museums and collections in Europe over the last decade.The synopsis reads: “A Theft of Lies starts with James Tobin, a British art dealer of East Asian heritage.
Tobin is known for his knack of finding lost works from renowned artists and selling them to the wealthy elite who visit his Kensington art gallery.
On the surface, he’s exactly what you’d expect from an operator in this world: charming, an avatar of high class, and devilishly clever.
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