Knightley is slated to appear in a film adaptation of the novel "The Emperor's Children" with Rachel McAdams, Emma Thompson and Richard Gere.
Edini film, ki ga je Keira Knightley posnela leta 2011, je bila zgodovinska drama Davida Cronenberga, "Nevarna metoda", v katerem so poleg nje zaigrali še Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender in Vincent Cassel.