Director Bagged Over Producer Bug

APRIL 3--In the latest fallout from the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping investigation, director John McTiernan ('Die Hard,' 'Predator,' 'The Hunt for Red October') was charged today with lying to FBI agents probing the disgraced private eye's rogue operation. In a criminal information, a copy of which you'll find below, McTiernan, 55, was charged with making false statements to the bureau during a February 13 interview. Prosecutors contend that McTiernan lied when he denied knowledge about a wiretap placed on the telephone of Hollywood producer Charles Roven ('Three Kings,' 'Batman Begins'). The information, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, alleges that McTiernan, pictured at right, had actually 'hired and paid' Pellicano to bug Roven and that the two men discussed information obtained from that wiretap. The criminal charge does not specify when the wiretap occurred or why it was ordered by McTiernan, who co-produced 2002's 'Rollerball' with Roven. (2 pages)