Field of Dreams Writer/Director Penning Heist Film for J.J. Abrams
Posted on Thursday, May 20th, 2010 by Russ Fischer
“I may be a thief and a liar, but I am going to tell you a true story.”
Those are the words of Leonardo Notarbartolo, spoken from prison as he was serving a sentence for taking part in what has been called the heist of the century.
Last year, Paramount optioned a Wired article that tells his tale: The Untold Story of the World’s Biggest Diamond Heist by Joshua Davis. J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot are producing, and now they’ve hired a screenwriter: Phil Alden Robinson, who wrote and directed Field of Dreams and Sneakers. Read More »
