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Screendaily reports that Lionsgate UK has picked up UK rights to Philip Ridley’s psychological thriller Heartless from Omega Entertainment.
Jim Sturgess stars as a troubled young man struggling to cope with the mindless violence taking place on the city streets around him.
The film, currently in the final stages of post-production, will have its premiere at Cannes. Produced by Richard Raymond and Pippa Cross, it also stars Clemence Poesy, Noel Clarke and Timothy Spall.
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On February 8th, Jim was in London for the 2009 Orange British Academy Film Awards. He presented the Short Film BAFTA to September and the Short Animation BAFTA to Wallace and Gromit: A matter of Loaf and Death.
Finally a ‘real’ small update. I have added a batch of new stills from Fifty Dead Men Walking which as we know will see it’s premiere at TIFF. Jim is reportedly scheduled to be there as well! This update also includes a new photoshoot from this year (love!) and two additional pictures from his 2007 Elle shoot. Lastly, Jim was also interviewed for Flashlight Music in July, you can read the full article here.
“I know this sounds so wanky but I really feel that I became an artist when I was in Manchester. It was when I began to think about stuff, to write more stuff - plays and poetry and it made me get back into acting. It was something for me to put my mind to. This was when I worked harder than I’d ever worked.”
Despite a legal threat from the spy drama’s main subject, the world premiere of Kari Skogland’s Fifty Dead Men Walking at the Toronto International Film Festival will go ahead as planned, the film’s British co-producers said Tuesday.
“In response to reports in The Hollywood Reporter, the film’s partners have confirmed that any queries relating to the legitimacy of the film are unfounded and that due process has been followed throughout the production,” London-based Future Films and HandMade Films International said in a joint statement.
50 Dead Men Walking will receive its International premiere during the Toronto International Film Festival by way of a Gala Screening at the Roy Thompson Hall. Screening times for the film are as follows:
Fifty Dead Men Walking, Press & Industry Screening 1
12:30pm Sunday 7th September @ Varsity 3
55 Bloor Street West, Toronto M4W 1A5
Fifty Dead Men Walking, Public (Gala) Screening 1
9:30pm Wednesday 10th September @ Roy Thomson Hall
60 Simcoe Street, Toronto M5J 2H5
Fifty Dead Men Walking, Press & Industry Screening 2
2:30pm Wednesday 10th September @ Varsity 3
55 Bloor Street West, Toronto M4W 1A5
Fifty Dead Men Walking, Public Screening 2
9am Thursday 11th September @ Ryerson
43 Gerrard St E Toronto M5B 2K8
21 (2008) 
