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Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17798565554111772033718574AFP__20251019__79AW9ZU__v2__MidRes__FranceMuseumRobbery.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">A French police officer walks in front of the Louvre Museum after a robbery, in Paris on October 19, 2025.<em> Dimitar Dilkoff, AFP/File</em><br/></span></span></span></div><p>PARIS, France — Last year&#x27;s brazen  robbery of the Louvre—when thieves made off with jewellery worth some $100 million—is set to become a movie and a documentary series, a publisher said on Tuesday.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/10/19/power-tool-wielding-robbers-flee-louvre-with-priceless-jewellery-2158">Robbers steal French crown jewels from Louvre</a></div><p>French director Romain Gavras—whose work includes 2025 Hollywood film &quot;Sacrifice&quot; starring Anya Taylor-Joy and music videos including most recently a hypnotic schoolboy choreography for GENER8ION—will draw inspiration from the investigative book &quot;Main basse sur le Louvre&quot; (literally &quot;A grab at the Louvre&quot;).</p><p>Film rights to the book about the October 19, 2025 heist had been sold to the production company Iconoclast while rights for a documentary series were acquired by a British producer, the Flammarion publishing house said.</p><p>The book, written by three journalists, from French dailies Le Parisien and Le Monde, and weekly glossy magazine Paris Match, is to hit bookstores on Wednesday.</p><p>According to trade magazine Le Film Francais, the movie project is in development, though neither the title nor the cast has been announced.</p><p>The Louvre heist sent shockwaves around the world and sparked a security crisis within the world-famous museum that ultimately led to the replacement of its director, Laurence des Cars.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/2/26/france-appoints-new-louvre-chief-after-jewellery-heist-0201">France appoints new Louvre chief after jewellery heist</a></div><p>After seven months of investigation, and despite the arrests of the main suspects, the jewels have still not been found.</p><p>The authors said their apparent disappearance &quot;has become a dense mystery, a puzzle that has plunged investigators into deep confusion&quot;.</p><p>The heist illustrates how &quot;the theft of artworks has become a business like any other for many criminals&quot;, they say. &quot;The criminal underworld has found a new cash cow.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong><br/></strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QLL_ZYvd584?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/drLYDI3PZ1w?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>After seven months of investigation, and despite the arrests of the main suspects, the jewels have still not been found.</p>

After seven months of investigation, and despite the arrests of the main suspects, the jewels have still not been found.

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Louvre heist to be turned into film

Agence France-Presse

Published May 27, 2026 12:37 PM PHT

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