Matt Reeves and Simon Kinberg Team Up For an Airplane Heist Film LIFT For Netflix

Matt Reeves (The Batman) and Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Dark Pheonix) are teaming up to develop and produce an airplane heist thriller titled Lift.

Netflix picked up the project for the movie, which was written by Dan Kunka. The story centers on a female master thief and her ex-boyfriend who works for the FBI who team up to steal $100 million in gold bullion being transported on a 777 passenger flight from London to Zurich.

The film sounds like it has a strong part for a lead actress and I’m sure a lot of actresses will be gunning for the role. It seems like a great project to be a part of.

I’m a huge fan of heist films, and while a heist film set on a plane is nothing new, this could turn out to be a solid flick. The film has some solid producing talent behind it, so I’m hoping for the best.

Kunka has serval other projects in development including TriStar and Escape Artists sci-fi adaptation of Cagn; Focus Features and George Clooney’s Water Crisis, based on an investigative journalist who recently documented how the world is running out of water; and Church of Spies with Philip Noyce set to direct. Kunka previously sold the Black List script Yellowstone Falls, which has Louis Leterrier to direct, Space Race at Universal with Dan Trachtenberg directing and Crime of the Century at Universal.

Source: Deadline