Universal Pictures has attached Will Smith to star in a feature adaptation of the late 1960's TV series "It Takes a Thief" reports Variety
Smith will play a charming rogue who is blackmailed by the government into doing covert larceny for the good of his country. The film will make Smith's character into a professional thief pulled into the employ of the CIA.
"Four Brothers" scribes David Elliot and Paul Lovett are set to write the script. A film version of the Roland Kibbee-created series was set up at Universal nearly a decade ago with Michael Douglas attached to star.
