Variety is reporting that Ray Winstone (Beowulf), David Thewlis (Professor Lupin from the “Harry Potter” movies) and Anna Friel (“Pushing Daisies”) have signed up to join Keira Knightley and Colin Farrell in William Monaghan’s directorial debut, the crime drama London Boulevard, which is set to start shooting in London over the summer.
In the film, Farrell plays a freshly-paroled London criminal who becomes involved with Knightley’s reclusive actress. Winstone joins as a former crime boss, Thewlis will play Knightley’s agoraphobic business manager and Friel plays Farrell’s sister.