Stephen Curry’s Unanimous Teams With Sports Illustrated & 101 Studios On Film & Docu About Rise, Fall & Sports Memorabilia Heist Of The All Star Cafe
deadline.comSports Illustrated Studios & 101 Studios has partnered with future Hall of Famer Stephen Curry and his Unanimous Media to produce a narrative film and a documentary about the All Star Café.
The projects will be based on Jon Wertheim’s 2020 Sports Illustrated article. The All Star Café opened in New York City on December 18, 1995, with much fanfare as the themed eatery set up to be for sports what the Hard Rock Cafe is for music.
It opened with a flurry of paparazzi, red carpet and a slew of A list celebrities and athletes, but the final buzzer sounded on September 23, 2007 when it shuttered under the cloud of bankruptcy.
That final chapter included the largest sports memorabilia heist in history cooked up by a group of knuckle-headed kitchen staffers, in what has been hailed as a Coen Brothers Fargo-esque criminal event.
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