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William Monahan
to direct 'Heist'
'Departed' writer set for crime tale
By MICHAEL FLEMING, Variety
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| HOLLYWOOD: "The Departed" scribe William Monahan is behind another crime tale, this one as the director. Monahan has teamed with producer Quentin Curtis to acquire "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.
Connor...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.
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 Local Boston writer penning Gardner heist book.
Said to be working from new clues, cover ups, scandals, and recently uncovered Gardner revelations.
BOSTON: While Monahan has already picked up Myles Connor's memoir for his next bio pic, the second in a pair of Gardner-related books--courtesy of the same Boston-based media group that pulled off "The Art of the Heist"--is nearing completion. Tom Green, an award-winning, Emmy-nominated author, is penning the story of the $500 million art heist that rocked Boston in March of 1990.
What's being tabbed as the ultimate guide to the world's biggest and most famous art heist has quietly begun making the rounds with Manhattan's book publishers.
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| Marty Leppo, well-regarded, criminal trial attorney, heads media group that's getting ready for the Gardner heist's 20th anniversary in 2010.
BOSTON & BOYNTON BEACH: Criminal trial attorney, Marty Leppo, together with client of 30 years, Myles Connor, as well as a host of other Boston-area notables with plenty to say about the Gardner heist, are lining up to make next March 18th--the 20th anniversay of the Gardner heist--a boffo media event. Leppo has already scored a huge hit with client Connor's memoir going to print with HarperCollins and tabbed for Hollywo od by none other than Oscar-winning screenwiter and now director, William Monahan--another Boston native long curious about Connor's role in the still unsolved $500 Gardner Museum heist.
Leppo sees both books as a matching and complementary set that take fresh looks at both Connor and the Gardner. Leppo, who has closely followed everything "Gardner heist" for 20 years, has opened up his trove of Gardner-related paperwork and research to the authors of both books. He promised new information, new revelations, and really interesting new clues, and he delivered, say both authors. The results are two books that are quickly becoming hot items with both publishers and Hollywood studios alike.
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