“Crazy Rich Asians” and “In the Heights” director Jon M. Chu is set to direct “The Great Chinese Art Heist” at Warner Bros. Pictures.
Based on the GQ article by Alex W. Palmer, the story follows a slew of museum art robberies that occurred in Europe, in which specific Chinese antiquities were stolen – ones from a raid of the country’s old Summer Palace in 1860 by French soldiers.
No one knows who the thieves are, but the works of art continually wind up back in China where a new generation of wealthy Chinese people collect artifacts from the old Summer Palace.
The article poses the question of whether there’s some sort of coordinated effort to reclaim Chinese art. Meanwhile, museums are remaining quiet about the robberies.
A writer is being sought, while Chu, Geneva Waserman and Lance Johnson produce.
Source: The Wrap