The Louvre Jewelry Heist Is Heading to the Big Screen—Here’s Everything We Know

When masked thieves made off with an array of priceless jewels from The Louvre’s Apollo Gallery on an early Sunday morning last fall, the Internet was swift to dub the brazen heist as something ripped straight out of an action movie—dramatic, verging on totally unbelievable. The story of the caper was like a script in and of itself: Just a few short minutes after the famous Paris art museum opened, four bandits disguised as construction workers used a truck-mounted lift to break into the museum and steal historic diadems, necklaces, and earrings that were once worn by Empresses Eugénie and Marie-Amélie.

The Louvre Jewelry Heist Is Heading to the Big Screen—Here’s Everything We Know. When masked thieves made off with an array of priceless jewels from The Louvre’s Apollo Gallery on an early Sunday morning last fall, the Internet was swift to dub the brazen heist as something ripped straight out of an action movie—dramatic, verging on totally unbelievable. The story of the caper was like a script in and of itself: Just a few short minutes after the famous Paris art museum opened, four bandits disguised as construction workers used a truck-mounted lift to break into the museum and steal historic diadems, necklaces, and earrings that were once worn by Empresses Eugénie and Marie-Amélie. Almost immediately, people across social media started imagining and speculating what a movie retelling the tale would like—crafting their own narrative aroun...