Colin Farrell (In Bruges) will join Keira Knightley (The Duchess) to star in the crime drama ‘London Boulevard’ to be helmed by ‘The Departed’ writer William Monahan. The film is an adaptation of the book by Irish author Ken Bruen.
’London Boulevard’ is scheduled to start shooting in London this summer. Farrell will play a London criminal who tries to put his gangster past behind him by taking up a handyman job for a young actress. Irish Producer Redmond Morris (The Reader) is to produce.
Farrell who picked up a Golden Globe last week for ‘In Bruges’ and is also nominated for an IFTA for the same role is due to star with fellow Irish actor Saoirse Ronan in Patrick’s Weirs ‘The Way Back’, which begins filming in March in Bulgaria.
