Wang
New Line has signed Wayne Wang to direct caper comedy "Lowlifes," with Donald De Line and Wendy Japhet producing.
Patty Sullivan's script centers on a housewife who raises $250,000 to cover for her husband's embezzlement. She then discovers she has a talent for burglary.
New Line exec Mark Kaufman is overseeing for the studio.
Wang's credits include "Last Holiday," "The Joy Luck Club," "Maid in Manhattan" and "Because of Winn-Dixie." He's also attached to direct "A Gesture Life," a feature adaptation of Chang-Rae Lee's novel that Lydia Pilcher's producing.
De Line has recently teamed with Ridley Scott and novelist David Ignatius on a pair of thrillers set in the Middle East -- "Penetration" at Warner Bros. and "Invisible World" at Paramount.
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