Halle Berry has entered into final negotiations on Amazon MGM Studio’s adaptation of ‘Crime 101,’ starring alongside Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Barry Keoghan.
Based on author Don Winslow’s novella of the same name, the novella tells the story of a string of high-level jewel heists up and down the Pacific Coast Highway that has gone unsolved for years, mostly because the perpetrator has lived by a strict code he calls “Crime 101”. Police attribute the thefts to the Colombian cartels. But Detective Lou Lubesnick’s gut says it’s the work of just one man.
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Bart Layton, who also wrote the script with contributions from Peter Straughan, is set to direct the movie. Hemsworth is in talks to star and produce alongside partner Ben Grayson.
The project is produced by Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, The Story Factory’s Shane Salerno; Raw’s Layton and Dimitri Doganis; and Derrin Schlesinger. Raw’s Joely Fether will executive produce. Hemsworth — who like Ruffalo and Keoghan is also still formally in negotiations to star — will also produce alongside producing partner Ben Grayson.
