Keira, Colin roped in to star in London Boulevard

Washington (ANI): Keira Knightley and Colin Farrell have been roped in to star in a crime drama titled London Boulevard. William Monahan of The Departed fame will make his debut as the director with the film.

In the film, Farrell will play a South London criminal, who after release from prison, tries to give up the gangster life by becoming a handyman for a reclusive young actress, reports Variety. Farrell has recently received a Golden Globe for In Bruges.

Knightley next stars in Last Night for Miramax and is attached to play Zelda Fitzgerald in the John Curran-directed The Beautiful and the Damned for the Film Department.