September 14, 2021
Burnstown Publishing House, owned by publisher Tim Gordon, a frequent Media Club speaker over the years, recently shared some exciting news. “Burnstown has signed a major movie deal,“ he said. “A book we published called The Flying Bandit will be released as a major movie soon.” The book, written by Robert Knuckle and Ed Arnold is a true crime story about Canadian armed robber Gilbert Galvan jr., or “Robert Whiteman” as he was known to his Canadian family and friends. Directed by Allan Ungar with a screenplay by Krag Wenman, the film will be entitled “Bandit”. It will star Josh Duharnel as the title character plus Mel Gibson and Elisha Cuthbert.