Caleeb Pinkett To Produce Film Based On Alyssa Keli Rose’s Medium Article “The Dunbar Heist”

Variety is reporting that “Charm City Kings” producer Caleeb Pinkett, brother of actress Jada Pinkett Smith, has teamed up with production company Rebel Maverick for a film based on Alyssa Keli Rose’s Medium article “The Dunbar Heist”.

The 1997 robbery unfolded at the Dunbar Armored facility in Los Angeles where five men stole $18.9 million in less than half an hour. The mastermind was Allen Pace III, a fired employee of the depot who spent two years planning the heist with four of his closest friends.

After four years of thwarting law enforcement, the scheme fell apart after one of the robbers, Eugene Lamar Hill, gave a real estate broker a stack of cash bound together with the original currency straps. Pace was sentenced in 2001 to 24 years in federal prison.

Pinkett will produce the project with Clarence Hammond and Dougie Cash. Rebel Maverick’s Matt Nicholas and Nastassja Kayln will also be producing, with Jane Kim Yang overseeing for their company. Norman Towns (“Insecure”) brought in the project and will be executive producing.

Nicholas and Kayln are adapting the script with screenwriter Leon Langford.

Pinkett is executive producing the series “Cobra Kai.” He’s also produced “After Earth,” “Annie” and “Life in a Year” for Sony Pictures Entertainment and Columbia Pictures, as well as “Hala” for Apple TV Plus and “Charm City Kings” for HBO Max.