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.
Leon Chills, who has served as a story editor on Netflix’s “Spinning Out” and Amazon’s “The Wilds,” will adapt the screenplay.
Will Packer and Johanna Byer will produce for Will Packer Productions while WPP’s Alvie Hurtado and Universal Pictures’ vice president of production development, Lexi Barta, will oversee the project.
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