William Monahan, the writer/director who seems to be everywhere these days, has been tapped to direct “The Art of the Heist: Confessions of a Master Thief, Rock-and-Roller and Prodigal Son.” The project is being adapted from the autobiographical book from career-criminal Myers Connor.
Connor became an art connoisseur and a rock musician whose band, Myles and the Wild Ones, backed Roy Orbison. He was also an accomplished art and antiques thief who was involved in a series of museum robberies that grabbed headlines in Boston in the 1970s and 1980s.
Monahan broke-out when he penned the Boston-based crime drama, The Departed” for Martin Scorsese and was recently selected to direct the high profile London-based crime film “London Boulevard,” which stars Keira Knightly and Colin Farrell.
A script has yet to be written for the film and Monahan is going to be tied up with ‘Boulevard’ for the upcoming months, which should have ‘Heist’ stalled in pre-production for some time.
Man, he is EXCITED to be holding that Oscar.