VIDEO : 'Carol' Producers Want Keira Knightley to Star in Biopic 'Colette'

HanWay will be introducing the project about the famed French novelist, best known for 'Gigi,' to buyers in Berlin. The award-winning production and sales team behind Carol has lined up another historical drama, with Keira Knightley in advanced talks to take the lead role. Colette ? from Number 9 Films and Killer Films ? will tell the story of iconic French writer Colette, who wrote Gigi and was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. Bold Films, which backed Oscar-nominated films Nightcrawler and Whiplash, will finance and co-produce the English-language title, marking the company?s first foray into the U.K.