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Rolling Stone reports that Bono and the Edge of U2 are moving ahead with their contribution to Julie Taymor’s web-slinging musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” which Bono previewed during a brief drive. They were quoted saying Jim is singing, this is closest bit to an actual confirmation we’ve gotten so far.
The first song Bono plays on the Maserati’s more-than-adequate sound system is called “Boy Falls From the Sky,” with Across the Universe star Jim Sturgess singing as Peter Parker. It sounds a lot like a U2 hit, especially when Bono sings along in the car with the line “I used to use a single thread to cross the sky.” “Killer!” he shouts as the song wraps up, and then he plays a choral, operatic segue. When Bono’s assistant calls on his cell, he cuts the conversation short: “We’re in the middle of an opera here!”
Furthermore, Variety recently reported that the musical has confirmed the show’s February 2010 opening at Broadway’s Hilton Theater.
Box office behemoth The Dark Knight is the favourite to emerge victorious at the 14th annual Empire awards, after the nominations were announced.
Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins sequel - which won two Oscars last weekend - has four nominations for the film magazine’s awards, sponsored by Jameson.
The best newcomer award, meanwhile, will be contested between Twilight star Robert Pattinson, St Trinian’s actress Gemma Arterton, Across the Universe’s Jim Sturgess, RocknRolla actor Toby Kebbell and Brideshead Revisited cast member Hayley Attwell.
“These nominations, unlike those of other awards shows, truly reflect the power and diversity of cinema,” said Empire editor Mark Dinning.
IMDb posts that Jim is being rumored to top line the Joe Russo directed film Sidney Hall. There is no other source about the film right now so take it as a very pure rumor until further notice.
The story of how a prodigal young writer’s best-selling novel ultimately destroys his life.
Jim is about to sign on to a new film, entitled The Way Back. Variety reports:
Director Peter Weir will find The Way Back with Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess and Saoirse Ronan.
The thesps are in final negotiations to star for Weir in the fact-based story of a group of soldiers who engineered a grueling escape from a Siberian gulag in 1942.
Weir wrote the script, based on the memoir by Slavomir Rawicz. Farrell plays a tough, tattooed Russian; Harris an American; and Sturgess portrays a young Polish inmate. Ronan will play a Russian on the run who meets up with the fugitives.
The film will begin production in March in Bulgaria, financed by producer Spitfire Pictures through its Cyrte Investments-backed holding company HS Media. The film is the first Weir has directed since 2003’s Master and Commander.
Weir is producing with Joni Levin, Duncan Henderson, Spitfire’s Nigel Sinclair and Scott Rudin. Keith Clarke, John Ptak and Guy East are executive producers along with Simon Oakes and Jonathan Schwartz.
Farrell, who is Golden Globe-nominated for his performance in In Bruges, most recently completed the Neil Jordan-directed Ondine, the Terry Gilliam-directed The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and the Danis Tanovic-directed Triage. Harris, who directed and starred in Appaloosa, just starred in the Ash Adams-directed Once Fallen.
21 (2008) 
