Keira Knightley is to star in the sci-fi thriller Never Let Me Go for Fox Searchlight, which I would love to see her do as a nice change in genre.
Mark Romanek is set to direct the movie, which is a cloning-themed story, that also stars Andrew Garfield and Carey Mulligan.
Shooting starts in April in London and Norfolk, England.
According to Variety, the story focuses on a trio of friends who grew up in a boarding school with no contact or knowledge of the outside world until they discover they are clones grown for the sole purpose of organ donation.
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Production Weekly reports that Mark Romanek is set to direct the big-screen adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel Never Let Me Go. Ishiguro is also known for “Remains of the Day” and “When We Were Orphans” which was named one of TIME’s 100 Best Novels since 1923.
The story follows 31-year-old Kathy who was raised at Hailsham, a private school in the English countryside where children were sheltered from the outside world and were told their well-being was crucial for the dystopian society they would eventually enter. When two former Hailsham students come back into her life, they uncover the truth about their childhood and their lives.
The adaptation is being penned by Alex Garland (The Beach, 28 Days Later). No starting date was given.
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