Leon Chills will adapt the 2020 thriller novel by Stan Parish
Universal Pictures announced on Thursday that it is developing a new romantic thriller called “Love and Theft” with Will Packer Productions, based on the 2020 novel by Stan Parish. The novel follows Alex Cassidy, a thief who has just pulled off a wild $22 million jewel heist in Las Vegas, and while hiding in New Jersey, falls in love with a party planning business owner named Diane. Alex is ready to leave his life of crime behind to start a new life with Diane, but when both of their grown children are kidnapped by a cartel, Alex is forced into one last job to win their freedom.
