Straight Up Films has acquired the rights to adapt Square Enix’s Thief

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According to the Hollywood Reporter , Thief’s screenplay will be written by Adam Mason and Simon Boyes (Misconduct, Not Safe for Work) and will be set in a “dark fantasy world where a master thief tries to restore freedom denied by a magic-wielding tyrant,” which is similar to the plot in Square Enix’s 2014 reboot of Thief.The Los Angeles-based Straight Up Films will co-produce Thief alongside Square Enix and Source Rock’s Khalid Jones. No director or actors have been revealed for the film at this time.The original first-person stealth adventure Thief launched in 1998 and was developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. Eidos published two sequels, Thief II: The Metal Age and Thief: Deadly Shadows, before Eidos Montreal developed the Thief reboot.

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