Everybody Loves Diamonds, the upcoming Italian heist series with a comedic twist starring Kim Rossi Stuart, Anna Foglietta, Gian Marco Tognazzi, Carlotta Antonelli and Leonardo Lidi, with the participation of Rupert Everett and Malcolm McDowell, as Khan. The Original series is inspired by the 2003 “Antwerp Diamond Heist” dubbed “the world’s largest theft of diamonds” by media around the world.
The eight-part series will follow a team of small-time Italian thieves, led by Leonardo Notarbartolo (Rossi Stuart), who manages to deceive top-level security with a genius mastermind plan and steal millions of dollars’ worth of precious stones from the Antwerp Diamond Centre. Everybody Loves Diamonds is directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli, produced by Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Gangarossa for Wildside, a Fremantle company, and written by Michele Astori, Stefano Bises, Giulio Carrieri, and Bernardo Pellegrini. The international cast of the series also stars Johan Heldenbergh, Synnøve Macody Lund, Remo Girone, Jean Janssens, Issam Dakka, Peter Van Den Begin, Elia Schilton, Slavko Sobin and Athaya Mokonzi.
