Adrian Lyne is attached to direct an adaptation of Chuck Hogan's "Prince of Thieves," which will be written by Sheldon Turner. Graham King's Initial Entertainment Group optioned the book and is producing for Warner Bros. Pictures.

"Thieves" is the tale of four men -- thieves, rivals and friends -- being hunted through the streets of Boston by a tenacious FBI agent and a woman who might destroy them all. The book won the 2005 Hammett Prize for excellence in crime writing.

Lyne brought the book to King, who then took it to the studio. Kevin McCormick will oversee for Warners.

King's producing credits include the Oscar-winning biopic "The Aviator" and the upcoming Martin Scorsese-directed crime thriller "The Departed." King also is a producer on Ed Zwick's "Blood Diamond," starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

CAA-repped Turner, who wrote the Adam Sandler hit "The Longest Yard" as well as the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" prequel, wrote a draft of "Two Minutes to Midnight," a thriller Lyne was attached to direct for 20th Century Fox. Lyne recently dropped out of "Midnight," but "Thieves" allows for the two to work together again.

Lyne, a provocative filmmaker who was nominated for an Oscar for 1987's "Fatal Attraction," most recently directed 2002's "Unfaithful." Other credits include "Indecent Proposal, "Jacob's Ladder," "Nine 1/2 Weeks" and "Flashdance."

Lyne and Hogan are repped by ICM.