Marvel star Mark Ruffalo has entered into negotiations to reunite with Chris Hemsworth on Amazon MGM Studio’s adaptation of ‘Crime 101.’

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.

Producers include Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan for Working Title, and Layton and Dimitri Doganis for RAW, in addition to Derrin Schlesinger and Shane Salerno. Joely Fether is executive producing for RAW.

Ruffalo was recently seen alongside Emma Stone in Yorgos Lanthimos’ film ‘Poor Things’ while Hemsworth hits the big screen again this week in George Miller’s ‘Mad Max’ spin-off ‘Furiosa.’