Film terakhir Danny Boyle adalah Trance, sebuah heist movie beraspek thriller-psikologis. Nah, kabar terbaru dari sutradara Inggris ini adalah, ia akan kembali mengarahkan sebuah heist movie. Smash and Grab, demikian judulnya.
Uniknya, film ini diangkat dari film lain. Film dokumenter lebih tepatnya. Berjudul Smash & Grab: The Story of The Pink Panthers, film disutradarai oleh Havana Marking dan dirilis pada tanggal 31 Juli 2013 yang lalu.
Berikut deskripi resmi film tersebut seperti yang dikutip dari MovieWeb:
Their crimes resemble high-octane Hollywood action movies: a sports car speeds through a Dubai shopping mall, crashing into the windows of a Graff jewelry store. Masked, gun-wielding men jump out of the car, and stuff fistfuls of diamonds into their satchels before screeching off. In London, they took all of three minutes to make off with $30 million in diamonds. They are captured not in person, but on surveillance tapes that record their astonishing lightning strikes with hypnotic accuracy.
Playing out like a noir thriller spiced with cutting-edge animation and shocking real surveillance footage, Havana Marking's Smash & Grab is an exclusive all-access pass into the mysterious world of international jewel thieves. Dubbed The Pink Panthers, the formidable Balkan gang has stolen nearly a billion dollars worth of jewels from boutiques in the world's most opulent cities, including Geneva, Paris, London, Dubai and Tokyo. Through never-before-seen interviews with key gang members, this provocative documentary delves into the gang's incredible history and introduces the viewer to the global police forces who work furiously to stop them. Beyond the glitz of the Panthers' incredible heists, Smash & Grab exposes dark truths about the illicit diamond trade and the world's most ruthless mafia networks.
Dengan plot yang "filmis" seperti itu, tidak heran jika Danny Boyle tertarik untuk menggarap kisahnya menjadi sebuah film fitur. Dan di tangan Boyle, rasa-rasanya kita bisa mengharapkan sebuah thriller yang mendebarkan.
Belum diketahui info tentang tanggal produksi dimulai, akan tetapi Pathe and Fox Searchlight akan bekerjasama dalam memproduksi film dan Christian Colson (The Descent, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours) akan bertugas sebagai produser.