Catherine Shoard 

Casting the news: Parisian drag-queen jewellery thieves

Catherine Shoard: A new, stripped-down format for Casting the news this week, to match the vaults of the Harry Winston jewellery boutique
  
  

Hilary Swank in The Affair of the Necklace
A familiarity with jewellery and cross-dressing ... Hilary Swank in The Affair of the Necklace. Photograph: Kobal Photograph: Kobal

The story
Four armed robbers dressed in women's clothes have carried out France's biggest jewellery heist, pocketing £70m worth of rings, necklaces and watches.

The genre
We're thinking heist comedy with multiple dressing-up montages and some heel-related tragedy.

The pitch
The Bank Job meets Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Casting suggestions
Jason Statham
Daniel Day-Lewis
Hilary Swank
David Hyde Pierce

Title
The Jewel of the Niles

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