Variety reports CinemaNX will produced Heartless from writer-director Philip Ridley. Funding will come from the Isle of Man and concerns, according to the IMDb, a young man makes a deal with the devil to become handsome, but then discovers there’s a price for his good looks: he has to become a killer.

Ridley previously helmed the 1990 thriller The Reflecting Skin.

Heartless will star Jim Sturgess, Clemence Poesy, Noel Clarke and Timothy Spall. Richard Raymond and Pippa Cross will produce with Omega Entertainment.

Fifty Dead Men Walking is being marketted at this week’s Cannes Film Festival in France. The Guardian has published an article regarding the film, while there isn’t anything directly Jim related here are some excerpts regarding production status and what not:

“The film company have told me this is only loosely based on my life but it’s my life all the same. I was shot here in England by the IRA for what I did to the Belfast Brigade. My mother’s house was attacked, my brother left for dead after a beating long after I was gone from Belfast and in hiding. They should have represented my story more accurately and fairly.” - Real life Martin McGartland

A spokesman for Future Films Limited, the company that co-financed Fifty Dead Men Walking, stressed that the movie was still in post-production and said McGartland had not seen it, so was not placed to make a final judgement.

Big thanks to Steve for the heads up! I have also added one on set image of Jim filming in beautiful Ireland.

And be sure check out a very old and rare picture of Jim on the set of 2002’s TV movie The Quest. Thanks goes out to Johnny for both pictures!

Although this is not related to Jim, I’d like to do some shameless plugging for my two newest sites opened here recently. One dedicated the amazing and adorable Academy Award nominated actress Amy Adams, best known from Enchanted and Junebug and the other dedicated to Megan Fox of Transformers and the upcoming Jennifer’s Body fame. Please come and visit if you’re fans!

On behalf of the fans, Jim-Sturgess.com wants to wish Jim a very happy birthday today, May 16, 2008. We hope you have a wonderful 27th Birthday!

I got an amazing surprise in the donation bin today!

The nice Cassie of Lee Pace Online sent in 36 outtakes of Jim’s recent Improper Bostonian feature! (view scans) I think I will go ahead and call this my very favorite Jim shoot to date! It’s so funny and cute. Check out some previews below:

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Photoshoots: Improper Bostonian (2008)