LONDON -- Filmmaker Woody Allen has collected a who's who of youthful British acting talent for his next project, with Kate Winslet, Emily Mortimer and Jonathan Rhys Meyers signed up to star, the film's producers said Thursday.

The as-yet-untitled project is backed by BBC Films and will be sold internationally by London-based HanWay Films. It is scheduled to shoot entirely on location in and around London in July and August. No budget was given.

Written and to be directed by Allen, the project marks the legendary New Yorker's first sojourn to the United Kingdom to shoot a movie, producers said.

Letty Aronson, Lucy Darwin and Gareth Wiley will produce the film, which will be executive produced by Stephen Tenenbaum.

Other financial backers alongside BBC Films are Magic Hour Media, Thema Production and Invicta Capital. The Bank of Ireland is the principal bank for the project.

"I'm very excited about the prospect of making a film in London," Allen said in a statement. "I have a great admiration for English actors and actresses and have used them at every opportunity over the years, but now I won't have to import them to New York."