Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Peter Safran’s The Safran Company and Temple producer Hera Pictures have taken the film and TV rights to a book about a notorious gang of female thieves, who plied their trade on the streets of south London.The production companies will adapt Brian Macdonald’s true crime story Alice Diamond And The Forty Elephants, which examines the travails of Diamond’s all-female crime syndicate, based in the Elephant and Castle region of Britain’s capital city in the 1900s.Her lawless gang of young women — famed for their good looks and fine clothing — traveled the UK stealing silks, gems, and furs from unsuspecting victims.
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