Variety reports The Departed scribe William Monahan is set to direct an adaptation of The Art of the Heist: Confessions of a Master Thief, Rock-and-Roller and Prodigal Son, the forthcoming memoirs of career criminal Myles Connor. Co-written with Jenny Siler, the book will be published in April by Collins.
Plot: 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.
It’s unclear whether Monahan will write the screenplay, but he is on to direct. As we recently reported his directorial debut will be with London Boulevard, starring Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley, which will start shooting in the summer. I like Monahan’s work, so I’m excited to see this.
What do you think of ‘Heist’?