Miles Teller to Star in 'The Life and Times of the Stopwatch Gang' with Ruben Fleischer Directing
Universal Pictures have picked up the movie rights to the story of a three-man team of bank robbers whose exploits in the 1980's were notorious for meticulous planning and swift execution, with rarely a shot fired in roughly 100 robberies.
Now, that story has been given its leading man and director. Miles Teller (Whiplash) with star, with Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) directing.
The Wrap got the scoop on the film which is based on Josh Dean’s article ‘The Life and Times of the Stopwatch Gang,’ which originally ran in The Atavist. Scott Stuber will produce through Bluegrass Films.
Here is a brief description of the story from The Atavist;
They were in and out in less than two minutes—that’s how they got away with millions. And for the duration of their reign, no bank robbers were more feared (though they never fired their guns) nor more pursued or more mythologized than the Stopwatch Gang. The members themselves were straight out of central casting: Lionel Wright, a meticulous introvert who could disappear in a room full of people; Paddy Mitchell, a charming and well-connected crook who saw an angle in everything and would go to any lengths to avoid the hell of being locked away; and Stephen Reid, a fearless point man who could find the weakness in any system and whose story—of addiction and descent into crime, of redemption and literary fame—was all prelude to a tragic but life-saving fall from grace.
