Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“The Heist,” the true story of the theft of Willem de Kooning’s iconic “Woman-Ochre” from an Arizona art museum, is in the works from “The Love Bugs” director Allison Otto.
Nonfiction studio XTR will back the new documentary in partnership with Roots Productions’ Jill Howerton and Josh Kunau, the team behind “Biggest Little Farm,” Museum + Crane’s Caryn Capotosto, the maker of “Won’t You Be My Neighbor.
Mark Monroe, writer of the Academy Award winning films “Icarus” and “The Cove,” penned the screenplay.It’s easy to see why that caliber of talent was attracted to the story.
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