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Producer Paul Pompian, whose credits include Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story and Swimming Upstream, died Jan. 1 after a long battle with leukemia at City of Hope hospital in Duarte, Calif. He was 72. Pompian produced more than 50 films and television productions during his career, working first with Roger Corman’s New World Pictures beginning in 1971 and then with MGM, Universal, Lionsgate, Aeg and his own production company. The producer’s other credits include The Watcher (1999), starring Keanu Reeves, James Spader and Marisa Tomei; Joshua (2002), based on the best-selling novel by Joseph Girzone and

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Paramount Pictures is taking the first steps in moving forward with production of their newest drama, The Art of Making Money, by wooing actor Chris Pine and director D.J. Caruso to be involved with the project.

If negotiations go as Paramount would like, Pine, who audiences will remember from his recent portrayal as James T. Kirk in Star Trek, will be cast as the film’s lead. Pine would be playing the role of Art Williams, the alias of a former Chicago petty thief who made his way up through the ranks of the criminal world to become a master counterfeiter.

Paramount also hopes to have Caruso, who most recently directed Disturbia and Eagle Eye, take on directing duties for the film. If Caruso agrees to be part of The Art of Making Money, he will be joining producers Brian Robbins, Sharla Sumpter and Brad Weston in making the movie,...