Gaumont – the revered French studio behind Lupin – is producing Masterplan with Amazon MGM Studios. The combination is appropriate. Lupin spent four seasons stealing things in Paris. Masterplan is about to steal the most famous painting in the world. The target is the Mona Lisa. The filming locations are Rome, Lake Como, Paris and the French Riviera.
Masterplan is Prime Video's first French-Italian Original film, directed by Thomas Vincent (Reacher, Bodyguard, Versailles) and co-written with David Wolstencroft. Principal photography began on October 13, 2025, across France and Italy. The film premieres exclusively on Prime Video on October 16, 2026, in more than 240 countries and territories.
Stanley Tucci plays Roger, a legendary thief who recruits two young strangers to help him steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre – before revealing that they are long-lost siblings and that he is their father. Simona Tabasco (The White Lotus season 2) plays Chiara, a sharp Italian cybercrime expert. Victor Belmondo plays Jay, a swaggering French explosives specialist.
Paris: The Louvre, the Pont des Arts and Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois
The trailer confirms filming along the Louvre Colonnade – the east facade of the Louvre Palace, the Colonnade de Perrault, situated along the Place du Louvre in the 1st arrondissement. A scene was filmed along Rue de l'Amiral de Coligny, which runs alongside the Colonnade. In the trailer, Chiara – Simona Tabasco – stands in front of the stained glass window of Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois, looking directly at the Colonnade de Perrault across the street.
Scenes were also shot around the Louvre Pyramid – I.M. Pei's iconic glass-and-steel structure in the Cour Napoléon that has become the museum's most photographed entrance since 1989.
On the Pont des Arts – the pedestrian bridge crossing the Seine between the Louvre and the Institut de France – the production filmed with the Louvre visible in the background.
