Prime Video’s newest crime comedy series The sticky one is based on a real-life maple syrup heist that took place in Canada in 2011, and it’s just as wild as it sounds. And if you have one Bad breaking fan, you’ll discover some similarities between this and the hit HBO series when it hits our screens on December 6.
If you need any more convincing, this series has some seriously impressive names attached to it. The film is produced by Blumhouse, known for making some of the best horror films, and features big names like Margo Martindale and Jamie Lee Curtis. I don’t know about you, but I’m willing to sit down and keep an eye on this now. Maybe it will even come to our big one list of best Prime Video shows.
Check out these first images from Blumhouse to give you a taste of what’s to come.
A plan that is so very good that it is sweet. Here’s your first look at The Sticky, a new executive producer of the Blumhouse Television dark comedy series produced by Jamie Lee Curtis and inspired by the true story of the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. Coming soon on @PrimeVideo pic.twitter.com/yG0A7CblcVOctober 9, 2024
What should we know about The Sticky?
As mentioned, The sticky one is loosely based on a real-life heist in which nearly 3,000 tons of maple syrup is stolen from a storage facility in Quebec. During this illegal operation, thieves used trucks to transport barrels to a remote sugar shack, where they siphoned the maple syrup, refilled the barrels with water and returned them to the facility. They then sold the syrup to legitimate syrup distributors to make a profit.
The sticky one will dramatize these events with a comedic twist, and Prime Video has teased that the series will follow Ruth Landry (Margo Martindale), a tough maple syrup farmer who turns to crime when authorities threaten to take away everything she loves. She teams up with a hot-tempered Boston gangster (Chris Diamantopoulos) and a mild-mannered French-Canadian security guard (Guillaume Cyr), so we already have a wild group of misfits. Meanwhile, Jamie Lee Curtis appears as an unnamed guest character.
This heist has previously been discussed in the Netflix documentary series Dirty money, But the six-episode series will depict the events like you’ve never seen before.