Louvre museum heist set to become a film
The Louvre museum heist, where thieves stole jewelry worth $100 million, is being adapted into a film. French director Romain Gavras will base the movie on the investigative book 'Main basse sur le Louvre,' which details the October 2025 robbery. The film project is currently in development, with no title or cast announced yet.
- ▪The heist occurred on October 19, 2025, and involved the theft of jewelry valued at $100 million.
- ▪The film adaptation will be directed by Romain Gavras and is based on a book by journalists from Le Parisien, Le Monde, and Paris Match.
- ▪Despite arrests, the stolen jewels have not been recovered, leading to ongoing investigations.
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- ▪ Louvre heist to be turned into film — Korea Times
- ▪ $128m Louvre jewellery heist to be turned into film — Straits Times — World
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| Publication time | Tue, 26 May 2026 18:21:45 +0200 |
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People queue to enter the Louvre museum in Paris, Wednesday, February 25, 2026. THOMAS PADILLA/AP Last year's brazen robbery of the Louvre, when thieves made off with jewelry worth some $100 million, is set to become a movie, a publisher said on Tuesday, March 26. French director Romain Gavras, whose work includes the 2025 Hollywood film Sacrifice starring Anya Taylor-Joy and music videos, including most recently a hypnotic schoolboy choreography for GENER8ION, will draw inspiration from the investigative book Main basse sur le Louvre ("A grab at the Louvre"). Film rights to the book about the October 19, 2025, heist had been sold to the production company Iconoclast, the Flammarion publishing house said.
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