Atonement pics (NEWS)

Keira Knightley fansite walkingindaydreams.com is displaying a portfolio of shots from the Joe Wright-directed adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel Atonement, due to hit cinemas in 2007. The film is set to star Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and Romola Garai.

In other news, Knightley has been reported by Baz Bamigoye in The Daily Mail as wishing to quite the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, now that she has stopped filmed for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, due to premiere May 2007. There has been neither confirmation or denial of this rumour from Disney - unlike Disney's reaction to Internet gossip that co-star Orlando Bloom was set to drop out from any future films in the series.

Atonement underway

Working Title's film of Ian McEwan's Atonement is now filming in Redcar. The production boasts an impressive cast, including Keira Knightley as Cecilia, (Knightley has now concluded filming, and is now swashbuckling in California with the cast and crew of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End), James McAvoy as Robbie Turner, Brenda Blethyn as Grace Turner, Romola Garai as Briony and Vanessa Redgrave as an older Briony. The director is Joe Wright of Pride & Prejudice fame, and Christopher Hampton, whose illustrious career includes Dangerous Liasions 1988 and The Secret Agent in 1996, is the screenwriter. Hampton is also writing an adaptation of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke - although no casting news is forthcoming.