Quebec maple syrup heist set for hollywood film cbc news. This intense netflix documentary about quebecs infamous. Quebecs syrup monopoly helped spawn smuggling, prohibition style beyond the jokes about stickyfingered thieves, the maple syrup theft has exposed a simmering war in the. The maple syrup heist 50m an unusual heist that made headlines around the world highlights a bitter feud over one of canadas most precious resources. Federation des producteurs acericoles du quebec, fpaq who represent 77% of the global maple syrup supply, and. Quebec maple syrup heist set for hollywood film cbc news cbc. A previous version of this story stated that thieves stole an estimated 60 million pounds of maple syrup. With simon trepanier, hans mercier, angele grenier, normand urbain.
This weeks episode focuses on maybe the most canadian crime ever, the great maple syrup heist. Sony pictures will make a film, starring actor jason segel, based on canadas great maple syrup caper. Nearly 75% of the worlds supply of maple syrup comes from quebec, where it was worth about times the price of crude oil during the time of the heist. The cast of the movie adaptation of the giver is shaping up, and taylor swift is the latest big name to join the project.
Jason segel will star in hollywood film based on the. Whats the story millions of dollars worth of maple syrup is stolen from quebecs federation of maple syrup producers and various individuals are arrested in conjunction with the heist as prosecutors try to make the charges stick. The sixth installment, bryan mcginns the maple syrup heist, about the theft of syrup from quebecs maple syrup reserve, is a seriocomic crime thriller wrapped around an explanatory. The province of quebec is the top maple syrup producer in the world. Jason segel to star in maple syrup heist movie taylor swift joins the. The federation of quebec maple syrup producers regulates prices for syrup. Sony pictures has picked up a pitch centering around a truelife canadian maple syrup heist that has jason segel attached to star and seth gordon. An illustrated account of the great maple syrup heist. Inside quebecs great, multimilliondollar maplesyrup heist. I think each situation should be ridiculously comedic, but each actor would take them completely serious.
Sony picks up maple syrup heist project, jason segel. Movie on the great maple syrup caper will be a comedy. Great canadian maple syrup heist a sticky situation youtube. Donald trumps scam victims speak out in netflixs dirty money. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Thousands of barrels of the sweet stuff went missing in 2012, how did it happen. Jason segel to steal a whole lot of maple syrup today in showbiz news. Dirty money the maple syrup heist tv episode 2018 imdb. The maple syrup heist an unusual heist that made headlines around the world highlights a bitter feud over one of canadas most precious resources. Jason segel to star in a maple syrup heist movie amc.
Like one guy talking shit about what kind of idiot would steal maple syrup, and the other treating it as if someone just broke into the canadian equivalent of fort knox, and robbed the mother fucker basically, shit is going down, and someone is gonna fry. The other two men, raymond vallieres and etienne stpierre, were each. Jason segel is attached to star in a new movie about a reallife canadian maple syrup heist, thr reports. The maple syrup heist documentary on netflix is a mustwatch. The maple syrup heist on netflixs dirty money series documents the most valuable heist in canadian history. You guys have to watch the maple syrup heist documentary. The canadian maple syrup heist gets the movie treatment, fx renews the bridge, and lifetime cancels army wives. Donald trumps scam victims speak out in netflixs dirty. The group also manages the reserve, which stores syrup for when resources are scarce, or. A canadian man who led the 2012 heist of millions of dollars worth of maple syrup received an eightyear prison sentence and multimillion dollar fine. Jason segel is starring in a movie about a maple syrup heist. Heist at the global strategic maple syrup reserve wired.
An unusual heist that made headlines around the world highlights a bitter feud over one of canadas most precious resources. How did a maple syrup heist movie slip through our fingers. The facility was operated by the federation of quebec maple syrup producers french. With its wintry setting and story of a criminal plot gone awry, the great maple syrup heist episode of netflixs new docuseries dirty money feels like a distant cousin to the movie fargo. This intense netflix documentary about quebecs infamous maple. An alleged band of thieves, a black market and a sticky haul worth millions 16x9 investigates the incredible case of missing maple syrup. The heist itself is used as a launchpad to get into the history of the fpaq and the way it exerts complete control over the maple syrup market in quebec, kind of like what opec does with oil. Jason segel to star in maple syrup heist movie popsugar. Untitled maple syrup heist project movie movie insider. Canadas film industry has been scooped by hollywood by barry hertz.
Each year, farmers in the region provide between 70 percent and 78 percent of the worlds maple syrup supply. Jan 26, 2018 an unusual heist that made headlines around the world highlights a bitter feud over one of canadas most precious resources. The great maple syrup heist scholastic news online. In 1989, ben stiller joined snl with a want to make short films but bailed. According to the documentation i was able to dig up, the global strategic maple syrup reserve was created in order to establish stockpiles of syrup that would be used to stabilize supply and. Were the thieves dirty outlaws or capitalist heroes. Dirty money the maple syrup heist tv episode 2018 on imdb.