Warner Independent to remake André Téchiné's Thieves

Variety reports that Warner Independent Pictures has made a deal with Mission Entertainment to remake out director Andre Techine's Thieves (Les Voleurs). Larry Gross (We Don't Live Here Anymore) will write the New Orleans-set American remake, about a policeman who is the black-sheep son of a family of thieves. The original French version featured several lesbian sex scenes involving the film's star, Catherine Deneuve.