“Lockdown,” a heist film starring Anne Hathaway and Ben Stiller and directed by Doug Liman, has been acquired by Warner Bros. and the hope is the film will premiere on HBO Max as a Max Original in early 2021, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.

“Lockdown” also stars Stephan Merchant, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lucy Boynton, Ben Kingsley, Mindy Kaling and Dule Hill. It’s a heist film and also a romantic comedy that’s written by Steven Knight and directed by Liman, and the film is actually set against the backdrops of the Covid-19 lockdowns.

The story is about a bickering couple (Hathaway and Ejiofor) that agrees to set their differences aside and attempt a high-risk, high-stakes jewelry heist at the world’s most exclusive department store, Harrods. The film was shot on location in London and at Harrods earlier this fall.

AGC Studios is fully financing “Lockdown.” P.J. van Sandwijk...