Keira Knightley in Talks to Star Alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in THE IMITATION GAME?

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Keira Knightley is in negotiations to join Benedict Cumberbatch in THE IMITATION GAME, an indie drama directed by Morten Tyldum based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma for Black Bear Pictures.

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Turing, who will be played by Cumberbatch, was a British mathematician and cryptographer who used his skills to help the Allies near the end of World War II. After the war, Turing was prosecuted by the government for homosexuality and committed suicide. In the film, Knightley would play a conservative woman who sticks by Turing to the end.

Knightley's next projects include Can a Song Save Your Life?, Jack Ryan and Laggies. Other film credits: Anna Karenina, Seeing a Friend for the End of the World, A Dangerous Method, Never Let Me Go, The Duchess, The Edge of Love, Silk, Atonement, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pride & Prejudice, The Jacket, King Arthur, Love Actually and more. Knightley has appeared onstage in The Children's Hour in the West End.

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