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Israeli spy story becomes yet another directing gig for Kimberly Peirce

Israeli spy story becomes yet another directing gig for Kimberly Peirce

Variety reports that queer director Kimberly Peirce ( Boys Don't Cry ) has become attached to yet another project, a film about legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen for out producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen ( Big Fish, American Beauty ). Peirce tells Variety she was particularly drawn to the story given the post-9/11 political climate: "I was really looking to do a story connected to the Arab culture that was adventurous and romantic." Since her success with Boys Don't Cry , Peirce has been attached to numerous projects, including a David Mamet biopic of John Dillinger, a big-screen treatment of Robert Heinlein's Childhood's End , a film about Miami nightclub entrepreneurs Ingrid Casares and Chris Paciello, a screen version of Dave Eggers's best seller A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius , and most recently, an adaptation of Mark Richard's short-story collection The Ice at the Bottom of the World , which would star Charlize Theron.

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