Posted: Mon., Feb. 6, 2006, 9:00pm PT

New Line set to swing 'Low'

Wang to helm 'Lowlifes'

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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