The Bank of Spain is housed in an imposing building at the crossroads of the Calle de Alcalá and the Paseo del Prado, just in front of the Cibeles Fountain, slap bang in the middle of Madrid. A few days ago, Catalan filmmaker Jaume Balagueró (Muse [+leggi anche:
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This is the outline of the screenplay for The Vault, penned by Andrés Koppel, Borja González Santaolalla, Rafael Martínez, Michel Gaztambide and Rowan Athale, which will be brought to life by a cast – speaking both Spanish and English – comprising Freddie Highmore (The Journey [+leggi anche:
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According to the synopsis provided by the producers, The Vault will tell the story of how “the Bank of Spain is completely different to any other financial institution. It is so utterly impenetrable that nobody has ever been able to rob it; there are no blueprints, nor any other information about it, nor is there anyone alive who knows what kind of monumental engineering methods were used to construct its vault more than 100 years ago. It’s a genuine mystery... But neither the laws of Spain nor the laws of physics can faze Thom Johnson (Highmore), a brilliant young engineer recruited to figure out how to crack the code and gain access to the wealth contained within. The booty they are after is a treasure that will be deposited there for a period of just ten days; barely any time at all to fathom the secret of the strongroom, hatch a plan, prepare the heist and take advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime getaway plan, when the eagerly awaited final of the South African Football World Cup will bring together hundreds of thousands of fans at the gates of the one and only Bank of Spain… They have just ten days to attain glory… or end up behind bars.”

The Vault – principal photography for which began at the beginning of April and is set to wrap after a total of 11 weeks in the Community of Madrid and on the Spanish coast – is a production by Telecinco Cinema, Ciudadano Ciskul, Think Studio and El Tesoro de Drake AIE, with the involvement of Mediaset España and Movistar Plus+, as well as Freddie Highmore himself. French company TF1 Studio will be in charge of its international sales. The film’s Spanish distribution will be overseen by Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia.