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.
