Keira Knightley will star in "Domino," an action thriller that Tony Scott will direct for New Line Cinema from a Richard Kelly script. Scott will also produce the movie via his Scott Free Prods. with Samuel Hadida, who is financing through his France-based Davis Films.

The real-life story centers on Domino Harvey, the daughter of actor Laurence Harvey, who starred in the original version of "The Manchurian Candidate." Domino Harvey ditched a career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter. The project has long been gestating at Scott Free, but it heated up when Scott took to Kelly's script, which incorporates flashbacks, flash-forwards, and characters from "Beverly Hills, 90210."

New Line will distribute the film in North America. Hadida's Metropolitan Filmexport distribution company will release the film in France, while Summit Entertainment and Davis Films are handling other foreign sales.

Principal photography is scheduled to begin next month, with a 2005 release planned. The film will shoot in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

New Line production president Toby Emmerich is overseeing for the studio.

"Domino" reunites Scott and Hadida, who first collaborated on the 1993 thriller "True Romance." The two also worked together on 2001's "Spy Game," which was produced in association with Metropolitan Filmexport.

Scott, who recently helmed "Man on Fire," is repped by CAA. The agency brokered the deal with Hadida as well as New Line.

Knightley, who starred in "The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," is onscreen in "King Arthur." She is shooting "Pride and Prejudice" and will next be seen in "The Jacket."

Knightley is repped by UTA and Lindy King of Peters Fraser and Dunlop U.K.