Washington, Jan 23 : 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. (ANI)