Drew Barrymore to direct ‘Heist Society’

Drew Barrymore has just signed on to direct another film. After the unlikely success of her first effort “Whip It,” starring Ellen Page and Kristen Wiig, she is now set to work on a young-adult thriller titled “Heist Society.”

Barrymore will join Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan as producers while screenwriter Shauna Cross adapts the novel by Ally Carter.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the book revolves around Katarina Bishop, a young woman who is related to a long line of robbers, crooks and thieves. 

Bishop leaves her family in hopes of cutting out an honest living for herself, yet when her dad is suspected of stealing an art collection from a mob boss, she puts together a team and sets out to track down the art.