Adrian Lyne is attached to direct an adaptation of Chuck Hogan's "Prince of Thieves," which will be written by Sheldon Turner says The Hollywood Reporter.
"Thieves" is the tale of four men -- thieves, rivals and friends -- being hunted through the streets of Boston by a tenacious FBI agent and a woman who might destroy them all.
Initial Entertainment Group optioned the book and is producing for Warner Bros. Pictures. The book won the 2005 Hammett Prize for excellence in crime writing.
