The Departedscribe William Monahan is set to make his directorial debut by adapting the novel London Boulevard by Ken Bruen and Keira Knightly and Colin Farrell are set to star.  

The story is a crime novel that is set to start filming this summer in and around London.

Farrell plays 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. The Variety report isn’t clear on who Knightly will play.