Eddie Marsan in 'No Ordinary Heist.' Courtesy of Epic Pictures Logo text Eddie Marsan and Éanna Hardwicke lead a heist thriller that aims to score with audiences this spring.
Epic Pictures Group is set to release No Ordinary Heist theatrically in North America on April 24 before it hits digital VOD platforms four days later, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. Marsan (Gangs of London), Hardwicke (Saipan), Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones), and Eva Birthistle (Bad Sisters) lead the cast for writer-director Colin McIvor’s film that premiered last month at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
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Inspired by a real-life Northern Bank robbery, No Ordinary Heist centers on two feuding bank employees who are coerced into perpetrating Ireland‘s biggest bank heist after their families are kidnapped.
McIvor helmed the movie from a script he co-wrote with Aisling Corristine. Ruth Carter, Damon Lane and Johanna Hogan serve as producers.
“With No Ordinary Heist, I wanted to create a taut, claustrophobic, and immersive study of the human spirit pushed to its absolute limit,” says McIvor. “Inspired by the 2004 Northern Bank robbery — the largest cash heist in U.K. and Irish history — we meticulously recreated the atmosphere of Belfast through a palette of icy winter blues, warm sodium lamps, tobacco-stained ceilings, and a central, claustrophobic, tomb-like cash vault.” He continues, “Ultimately, my hope is that No Ordinary Heist delivers a gripping, old-fashioned crime thriller that achieves a lasting permanence in the mind.”
Adds Marsan, “Colin McIvor’s No Ordinary Heist is a gem of a film. A heist story where the two protagonists hate each other but have to work together and rob their own bank to save their families. It’s a brilliant starting point for an actor and to get to share the screen with Éanna, Michelle and Eva was a pure joy.”
In his own statement, Hardwicke notes, “With No Ordinary Heist, Colin and Aisling bring a high-stakes, intensely tense thriller, one that always keeps the human story at its core. I was compelled by the audacity of the events that inspired it, as well as the raw and terrifying ordeal these men and their families endured. It’s a story with Belfast at its heart, deeply rooted in its history.”
Additionally, Epic Pictures CEO Patrick Ewald shares praise for the project: “This is the kind of gripping, character-driven thriller we love backing. Anchored by a remarkable ensemble and an extraordinary true story, No Ordinary Heist combines tension, intelligence, and emotional stakes, culminating in a crime story that keeps you engaged from start to finish.”
Marsan’s recent credits include the series Heartstopper and Supacell, along with such features as Fair Play and Back to Black. He is set to appear on the new season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and in the forthcoming DC Studios movie Clayface.
The poster for No Ordinary Heist. Courtesy of Epic Pictures Group THR Newsletters
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