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Jodie Foster to Direct True Story About Theft of the Mona

Jodie Foster is hooked up to direct a drama primarily based on the true story of how Leonardo DaVinci’s iconic portray the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911, a person with information of the undertaking tells TheWrap.

Bill Wheeler is writing a draft of the screenplay for Foster to direct primarily based on the e book “The Day They Stole the Mona Lisa” by Seymour Reit. The theft, perpetrated by Vincenzo Peruggia in 1911, helped elevate the portray to legendary standing.

The movie is within the vein of “The Thomas Crown Affair” and “The Sting” and can mix truth and fiction, focusing particularly on the individuals behind the heist.

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As described in NPR, the theft came about contained in the Louvre in 1911, the place three Italian handymen hid out in a provide closet and managed to swipe the 200 kilos of the portray, protecting glass and body off the wall and get it onto a French subway prepare out of the town. The portray was lacking for a full 28 hours earlier than anybody observed it was gone, and when the information broke, the portray grew to become well-known in a single day. Though DaVinci painted the Mona Lisa within the 16th century, French artwork critics didn’t acknowledge it as a masterpiece till the late 19th century, and the theft helped elevate its standing even additional.

The untitled movie will probably be financed by the Los Angeles Media Fund as led by Jeffrey Soros and Simon Horsman.

Foster, who’s represented by CAA, can also be hooked up to each direct and star in an English-language remake of the Scandinavian thriller “Woman at War.”

Deadline first reported the information of the story.

Every Female Director Nominated for an Oscar, From Lina Wertmuller to Greta Gerwig (Photos)

The Academy has solely nominated 5 ladies within the Best Director class in its storied historical past. Here they’re.
Lina Wertmuller, “Seven Beauties” (1976) • The first lady ever nominated within the class was this Italian director for a drama about an Italian solider who abandoned the military throughout WWII and is distributed a German jail camp. She misplaced to John G. Avildsen for “Rocky.”

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Jane Campion, “The Piano” (1993) • The Australian director gained an Oscar for her unique screenplay for the interval drama however misplaced the directing prize to Steven Spielberg for “Schindler’s List.”

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Sofia Coppola, “Lost in Translation” (2003) • The daughter of Oscar-winning “The Godfather” director Francis Ford Coppola picked up her first nomination for the quiet Japan-set character research, however misplaced to Peter Jackson for “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.”

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Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker” (2009) • Bigelow not solely scored a nomination, however managed to defeat her ex-husband James Cameron, whose “Avatar” scored Best Picture.

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Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird” (2017) • The indie actress wrote and directed this function, her first as solo director, primarily based on her upbringing in Pasadena, Calif. But Guillermo del Toro took the prize for “The Shape of Water.”

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