Jon M Chu to Direct ‘The Great Chinese Art Heist’ for Warner Bros

The project is based on a GQ article of the same name by Alex W. Palmer. The studio is out to a screenwriter to adapt the project. The GQ article centers on stolen Chinese antiquities from a string of museum art robberies. Chu will also produce the project with Lance Johnson via their Electric Somewhere banner. That is not the only project Chu has on his plate as earlier this month, as the very busy director will also helm Universal's adaptation of the Broadway hit musical "Wicked," an individual with knowledge told TheWrap. Chu replaces director Stephen Daldry, who stepped away from the project last fall. Marc Platt is producing, while original Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz and musical book writer Winnie Holzman wrote the screenplay.