Collar Bomb Heist Movie (Development)

Status: Development
As of September 1, 2012

Development: Story selection and rights acquired; idea being crafted into usable script; financing and casting attachments sought; aiming for 'greenlight'.

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TBA | Crime Drama

In Movie Theaters U.S.

To Be Announced (TBA)

Producers

Bradley J. Fischer
Edward McGurn
Clark Peterson
Ron Senkowski
James Vanderbilt

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Production Companies

Rating MPAA

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Storyline

Erie, Pa. pizza delivery man Brian Douglas Wells enters a bank and tells the teller he’d been shackled with an explosive device around his neck and forced to pull off a heist. The bomb goes off as Wells exits the bank, which is surrounded by cops, and it kills him instantly. While investigating the crime after his grisly death, the FBI ultimately discover that Wells was not an innocent victim but a co-conspirator unaware that a real bomb would be involved for the actual heist. The alleged mastermind of the intricate plot is Marjorie Diehl Armstrong who is currently serving life in prison plus thirty years.
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Trivia & Production Notes

The producers have secured the life rights to Ed Palattella and Gerald Clark, as well as U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan who prosecuted the case. They also optioned rights to journalist Rich Schapiro's "Wired" magazine article, "The Incredible True Story of the Collar Bomb Heist."