Lucy Liu is in negotiations to join Josh Hartnett in the noir gangster film "Lucky Number Slevin," which Paul McGuigan is set to direct. Liu would play Lyndsey, a sexy coroner who falls in love with Slevin (Hartnett). The film is set amid a conflict between black and Jewish gangsters. Ascendant Pictures, which works closely with the German fund VIP Medien, is financing the film with London-based sales shingle Capital Films. Ascendant's Chris Eberts and Chris Roberts and Kia Jam are producing with FilmEngine's Tyler Mitchell, Anthony Rhulen and Robert S. Kravis. FilmEngine developed the script with writer Jason Smilovic. Liu's recent credits include the "Charlie's Angels" films and "Kill Bill-Vol. 1." She is repped by WMA.