Tag: Phillip Noyce
Phillip Noyce to direct ‘Art of Making Money’
Phillip Noyce is in talks to direct The Art of Making Money for DreamWorks, The Hollywood Reporter says.
The story is based on the life of notorious counterfeiter Art Williams, who printed more than $10 million in forged bills. He continued to produce counterfeit money even after he was caught by the FBI. Last year he was jailed for seven years.
The film will by based on Jason Kersten‘s profile for Rolling Stone magazine.
Frank Baldwin will adapt the article, which Kersten and Williams are to turn into a book.
Noyce has previously directed Patriot Games, Rabbit-Proof Fence and 2006′s Catch a Fire. His period drama Mary Queen of Scots is currently in production.
Scarlett Johansson As ‘Mary, Queen of Scots’
Scarlett Johansson has been attached to the title role in a movie called ‘Mary, Queen Of Scots’ for a while, then she finally found a director, Phillip Noyce.Noyce is set to direct and Scarlett Johansson to star in ‘Mary Queen of Scots,’ putting the costumer on course to start production in April.
Noyce has signed on to call the shots on the Jimmy McGovern-scripted drama, which will focus on the rivalry between the young Roman Catholic who became Scotland’s Queen, before she was even a year old in 1542.
