Eran Creevy To Write & Direct ‘The King Of Sting’; Silver Reel Financing & Producing – Cannes Market

Film and TV financier and production company Silver Reel (The Wife, Loving Vincent) has boarded to finance and produce The King of Sting which Eran Creevy is set to write and direct. The true-crime action-comedy is an adaptation of the 2010 novel, The King of Sting: The Amazing True Story of a Modern American Outlaw, written by the real-life protagonist, Craig Glazer with Sal Manna.

Creevy, who recently directed two episodes of Netflix’s The Gentlemen series, is currently writing the screenplay whose plot will be set in 1980s America and told in part retrospectively by Glazer’s character in the modern day.

Silver Reel’s Claudia Bluemhuber will develop, finance and produce the feature. The company is in Cannes discussing the project with buyers. Florian Dargel, Alexander Jooss, Karol Griffiths, Gerd Schepers and Gero Bauknecht will executive produce.

Said Bluemhuber, “Eran Creevy is an exceptionally talented filmmaker who is the perfect fit for The King of Sting. He instinctively connected to the source material and has a clear vision for adapting this novel into a fun, fast-paced action comedy that has already attracted the attention of major studios here in Cannes.”

Creevy made his writing and directorial debut with 2008’s Shifty, receiving a nomination for a BAFTA for Outstanding Debut. His other credits include Collide and Welcome to the Punch.

Silver Reel is also in Cannes with the finished family adventure Robin and the Hoods starring Naomie Harris and Gwendoline Christie. It will debut as a Sky Original in the UK and Ireland this summer. GFM Global Sales is shopping.

Creevy is repped by CAA and 42.