Winstone and Knightley to play lovers

Ray Winstone and Keira Knightley are set to play unlikely lovers in a new gangster movie.

The pair has signed to star alongside Colin Farrell and Anna Friel in London Boulevard, The Departed screenwriter William Monahan's directorial debut.

Winstone will play a criminal who is released from prison and becomes romantically involved with a reclusive actress, played by Knightley.

It's not the first time the pair has shared the big screen - they were co-stars in 2004 film King Arthur.

The new movie will begin shooting in the capital this summer (09).

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