Drew Barrymore producing and directing young adult thriller HEIST SOCIETY

Drew Barrymore is set to produce and direct a young adult thriller titled Heist Society for Warner Bros. THR reports that Barrymore will produce the film along with Denise Di Novi and Di Novi Pictures' Alison Greenspan to produce the film. The studio won a bidding war for the novel by Ally Carter, which is being adapted by Shauna Cross. Barrymore will oversee the scripting with Cross, who wrote Whip It.

The book is about "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 mobster's missing art collection, she assembles a crew to track down the art and steal it back." The characters will be aged into their early 20's for the film version. 

I liked Whip It and think this sounds like a perfect fit for Barrymore. It is not known she will also play a role in the film, but that would be cool. What are your thoughts?