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Keira Knightley And Colin Farrell Leave Crime Behind
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Keira Knightley And Colin Farrell Leave Crime Behind William Monahan has written the screenplay for seemingly every crime drama that's come out in the last five years. OK, it was just two Ridley Scott movies and The Departed , but still, he's a popular guy, and it makes sense that he would try his hand at making his own movies before too long. Now's that time, apparently. Variety 's reporting that Monahan will direct Keira Knightley and Colin Farrell in London Boulevard , a crime drama set in that English capital. Knightley, playing very much against type, plays a young ...
Farrell, Knightley head to 'London Boulevard'
The Screening Log —
Keira Knightley and Colin Farrell are teaming up for William Monahan's big-screen adaptation of Ken Bruen's novel "London Boulevard."
Variety describes the film as follows:
"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."
Monahan's writing credits include "Kingdom of Heaven," "The Departed" and "Body of Lies." "Boulevard" marks his directorial debut.
As for Farrell, he recently won a Golden Globe for his delicious performance in "In Bruges." The actor has quite a few ...
Knightley and Farrell starring in London Boulevard
Total Film News —
Knightley and Farrell starring in London Boulevard Keira and Colin sign on for crime drama BY James White Jan 23rd 2009 3:03AM FILED UNDER: Movie news Be the first to comment The Departed s scribe William Monahan has cast Colon Farrell and Keira Knightley in his directorial debut, London Boulevard. The crime drama, adapted by Monahan from Ken Breun s book, finds a south London criminal (Farrell) attempting to give up the world of the gangster. Hoping to go straight, he takes a job as a handyman for a reclusive young thesp (Knightley). London shoot We re going to hazard a guess that things don t exactly go to plan for our hero. The film ...
Stalked: New Moon, Keira Knightly, Colin Farrell, Ving Rhames
Filmstalker —
Could Dakota Fanning be in New Moon? Keira Knightly isn't in a costume drama for once. And Ving Rhames is going where Danny Glover has already been. Vanessa Hudgens was linked with the role of Jane in the Twilight sequel recently. Apparently that's unlikely to come true, but someone else is now rumoured for the part. Dakota Fanning is now linked with the role in New Moon. The news is from Jo Blo . Keira Knightly is to star in a film which isn't a costume drama. Wonders will never cease. Don't get too excited though, she's not exactly stretching herself. She will star opposite Colin Farrell, in London Boulevard. He's playing a criminal, who ...
Keira Knightley starring in London Boulevard
Total Film News —
Keira Knightley starring in London Boulevard Colin Farrell's also signed for the crime drama BY James White Jan 23rd 2009 7:07AM FILED UNDER: Movie news Be the first to comment The Departed s scribe William Monahan has cast Colon Farrell and Keira Knightley in his directorial debut, London Boulevard. The crime drama, adapted by Monahan from Ken Breun s book, finds a south London criminal (Farrell) attempting to give up the world of the gangster. Hoping to go straight, he takes a job as a handyman for a reclusive young thesp (Knightley). London shoot We re going to hazard a guess that things don t exactly go to plan for our hero. The ...
Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley set for 'London Boulevard'
FilmWad —
... Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley will star in crime drama London Boulevard. According to Variety William Monahan, who is known writing The Departed will be directing. Graham King will producing along side Monahan and Quentin Curtis. ...
'The Departed' Scribe William Monahan Set For Directorial Debut With 'London Boulevard'
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... William Monahan is finally heading behind the camera with his latest script, "London Boulevard," a crime tale set in south London that will star Colin Farrell and Keira Knightly. A few years after breaking out with his award-winning script for "The Departed," and mainstream success with "Body of Lies," Monahan is finally taking the big step up to director. ...
Colin Farrell And Keira Knightley Join ‘London Boulevard’ Cast
MTV Movies Blog —
Colin Farrell didn’t score an Oscar nomination this year for “In Bruges” — but he did score a movie deal with an Oscar nominee. Variety reports that Farrell and Keira Knightley will be starring in the independent crime drama “London Boulevard.” The film marks the directorial debut of screenwriter William Monahan (”The Departed”), who is really the go-to guy when it comes to crime thrillers.
Based on Ken Bruen’s well-reviewed thriller, “London” will see Farrell ...
Keira Knightley and Colin Farrell Stroll Down 'London Boulevard'
Cinematical —
... reveling in the world of period pieces, here's a feature for you: Variety reports that both she and ...
William Monahan to Make Directorial Debut with London Boulevard, Farrell and Knightley to Star
/Film —
Poor chap. Despite also having written Kingdom of Heaven and Body of Lies, not to mention the upcoming big-screen fit up of Edge of Darkness, he is always referred to as William ‘The Departed‘ Monahan. I don’t quite get it because, well, it strikes me that Kingdom of Heaven and Body of Lies are the better films.
Perhaps now he’s segueing to a directorial career, he’ll be be able to get a name change: William ‘London Boulevard‘ Monahan.
Variety tells us today that Colin ...
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY & COLIN FARRELL CO-STAR IN CRIME DRAMA
CINEMATIC PASSIONS BY MIRANDA WILDING —
... FROM VARIETY
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY and COLIN FARRELL are set to star in LONDON BOULEVARD.
It’s an adaptation of the KEN BRUEN novel and will be the directorial debut of WILLIAM MONAHAN, who wrote the screenplay for THE DEPARTED.
COLIN plays a shady south Londoner who attempts to go legit. He gets a job working as a jack of all trades (so to speak) for a reclusive female actor - who I can ...
Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: The Dude Gets in a Fight, Green Hornet in Trouble, Ryan Gosling’s Band
Film Junk —
Aside from Sundance and the Oscar Nominations, there wasn’t really all that much going on around Hollywood this week. There are, however, plenty of little news tidbits that we didn’t get a chance to report on, including a possible Pushing Daisies movie, a writer for the Preacher film, and rumours of Seth Rogen’s The Green Hornet being on the verge of cancellation. If that wasn’t enough, Jeff Dowd (the real-life producer who served as the inspiration for “The Dude” in The Big Lebowski) apparently got in a scrap with a film critic at Sundance! I knew we were going to regret ...
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