Barrymore to direct Heist Society

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Drew Barrymore has come on board to direct and produce Heist Society.

01 July,2011 09:40 pm

Drew Barrymore has come on board to direct and produce a thriller movie Heist Society based on a young-adult novel by Ally Carter.Barrymore plans to take on Heist Society after she finishes directing the romantic comedy How to Be Single. Heist Society is set up at Warner Bros., which revolves around a young woman named Katarina Bishop who hails from an extended family of cat burglars and master thieves. The girl leaves her illicit life behind, but when her father is the prime suspect in the case of a mobsters missing art collection, she assembles a crew to track down the art and steal it back.Barrymore will also supervise screenwriter Shauna Cross. The two previously worked together on Whip It, the roller derby flick starring Ellen Page and Kristen Wiig.