Robert Redford to Play Bank Robber in THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN

Robert Redford is set to start in a new heist thriller called The Old Man and the Gun, which is being directed by David Lowery whose film Ain't Them Bodies Saints premiered this year at Sundance. I liked that movie, and I think this sounds like a fitting project for him to take on. It's being adapted from a 2003 article in The New Yorker written by David Grann. Redford is also attached as a producer. 

According to the report, the film "tells the true story of Forrest Tucker, a man born in 1920 who, as a lifelong bank robber, spent most of his life in jail or escaping from jail. (He had 18 escapes under his belt, including one from Alcatraz and one from San Quentin.) The article focused on Tucker at age 78, living in a retirement community with his third wife and still having the hankering to rob banks. In fact, he was caught by police after a robbery and high-speed chase in 2000 and sentenced to 13 years. He died in 2005. Lowery’s take focuses on a specific time period in Tucker's life, though details were not revealed."

This sounds like an interesting story, and a movie I'd like to see. There's some solid talent involved with it, so I'm sure it will end up being a really good film.