In the Trailer for Paramount+'s New Crime Drama, The Hunt for 'The Gold' Is On
Paramount+ is entering the world of international programming with a splash. The streamer, which is probably best known in the United States as the home of the Star Trek franchise and those number-named Yellowstone prequels, has been busy in recent months greenlighting all manner of foreign content, from British dramas to Korean thrillers. (Some of the British titles currently in development include adaptations of The Burning Girls and A Gentleman in Moscow, a prequel to the cult classic Sexy Beast, and more.)
The first of these new projects to officially reach American shores is probably the streamer's most high profile, at least in terms of prestige feel and star power attached. The Gold is a true crime period drama that has a little bit of everything: an improbable story that absolutely happened, a cast of colorful real-life figures, an impressively bold crime, and a shocking truth --- that most of the people behind the crime got away with it. (At least, in the sense that the bulk of the titular gold was never recovered. And what's a little jail time compared to that?)
Inspired by real-life events, The Gold is (somehow) the first attempt to adapt the story of the infamous 1983 Brinks-Mat robbery, an event that was once called "the crime of the century," not just for its scale but the decades-long legacy it left behind. On November 26, 1983, six armed men broke into a Brink's-Mat security depot near London's Heathrow Airport. Their initial plan was to steal £3.2 million in cash. They inadvertently stumbled upon gold bullion worth £26m. It was the largest robbery in world history at the time.
