Jeremy Renner will star in the crime thriller King of Heists.

Based on the nonfiction book by J. North Conway, King of Heists centres on George Leslie (Renner), a bank robber who masterminded a heist of nearly $3 million in cash and securities from the Manhattan Savings Institution in 1878.

Will Staples will write the script.

No director is attached as yet.

Source: Deadline