For The Sake Of Art

Aussie-born director Phillip Noyce is a solid helmer, who in my opinion, deserves far more attention than he gets...Is that all about to change?

Noyce is in negotiations to direct "The Art of Making Money" says The Hollywood Reporter.



The story focuses on Art Williams the alias of a very bold Chicago counterfeiter who printed more than $10 million worth of fake $100 bills using cutting-edge techniques and continued to do so even after he had been caught by the Feds. Last year, he was sentenced to seven years in prison.

Jason Kersten's 2005 profile of Williams in Rolling Stone is going to be the basis for Frank Baldwin's screenplay.

Noyce has been deciding between four other projects during the past few weeks. Maybe his next film, the period drama "Mary Queen of Scots " with Scarlett Johansson in the title role, opening in late 2008 will help get in the proper dramatic mode for "Art".