The Hollywood Reporter, October 19 2022, by Etan Vlessing
The Canadian indie about stoner crooks looking to pull off a bingo hall robbery had its camera and lighting equipment stolen from a rented truck and trailer on its first day of production in Winnipeg.
Director Stu Stone and producing partner Adam Rodness want you to know that their indie film comedy Vandits — about small-time crooks looking to rob a senior citizens’ bingo hall of its $25,000 jackpot on Christmas Eve — having $250,000 worth of camera and lighting equipment stolen on their first day of shooting was no publicity stunt.
“There’s an empty parking space. Where’s the truck? Really, where’s the truck?” Stone recalls asking ashen-faced production crew members in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in October 2021 as he stared at where a truck and trailer with all of his film gear inside had been parked the night before.
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