Channing Tatum has signed on to star in a new true crime film titled Roofmanand tells the story of a robber who sets up his sites on the McDonald’s fast food chain.
The film is described as telling the “extraordinary story of Jeffrey Manchester, an eccentric and charming serial robber who broke into more than 60 McDonald’s restaurants overnight through their roofs, then emptied the cash register the morning after rounding up the personnel in the freezers. The former US Army Reserve officer became known as the “Rooftop Robber” or “Roofman” and was known for his gentle demeanor and rarely resorting to violence.
Manchester was convicted and imprisoned in 2000, and then “escaped prison and then evaded capture by holing up for months at a Toys ‘r Us and Circuit City store in North Carolina. He lived on baby food and rode his bicycle to the toy store for exercise. After reportedly leaving his fingerprints on a Catch me if you can DVD in electronics store, was recaptured and sent back to prison. The film will focus on Manchester’s months-long odyssey on the run.”
It feels like one of those stranger-than-fiction types of stories and is sure to make a great movie. It will definitely be a fantastic role for Tatum to play.
The film will be developed by Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine) for FilmNation. Cianfrance is also known as the creator of the HBO series I know many things are trueand was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay Metal sound.
Source: deadline
by Joey Paur
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