Pair get 'Jewel Thief' project

Anthony Mastromauro of Identity Films and Danielle Pelland of Entendre Films have developed the rights to Bill Mason's memoir "Confessions from the Master Jewel Crook," initially setup at Vital. Mason, who co-written the memoir with Lee Gruenfeld, stole greater than $35 million in jewels from people of high society throughout the time of 3 decades and keep an outwardly conventional existence. Among people harmed were Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Robert Goulet, Truman Capote, Armand Hammer and Johnny Weismuller. Mastromauro and Pelland are coming up with and so are presently to authors also to stars to battle the role of Mason. Identity has furthermore triggered Tara Ahamed to supervise development for that organization. Ahamed spent a long time at CAA together with annually at Jerry Bruckheimer Films before joining Identity. Project was setup at Vital in 2004 with Christine Peters at her CFP Prods. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com