Jim Sturgess Fan

Hey guys, news has been lacking lately. But here’s some information about the worldwide distribution of Fifty Dead Men Walking. UK, Canada, Australia, Scandinavia, Germany, Austria, Spain, Russia, Benelux, Greece, Portugal, Brazil, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, former Yugoslavia, Romania, Middle East, Turkey, and South Africa have been confirmed. US distribution right is still under negotiation.

U.K. indie distrib Metrodome has snapped up all U.K. rights to Canuck helmer Kari Skogland’s thriller “50 Dead Men Walking” from co-producer and sales agent Handmade Films Intl.
Metrodome plans a spring 2009 release.

Pic has also sold to Australia (Village Roadshow), Scandinavia (Svenske), Germany and Austria (ARD Degeto), Spain (Festival Films), Russia (Paradise), Benelux (EFP), Greece (Odeon), Portugal (Lusomundo), Brazil (Imagem Filmes), Poland (Vision), Czech Republic/Slovakia (Intersonic), Hungary (Intersonic), former Yugoslavia (VTI), Romania (Odeon), Middle East (ECS), Turkey (Fida) and South Africa (Ster-KineKor).

TVA acquired Canadian distribution rights via Brighlights during production. HandMade is working with the William Morris Agency to close U.S. rights.
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tMF has an article on whether young actors should follow career paths of more senior actors like Depp, Pitt, DiCaprio, and Pitt.

Jim Sturgess: Intense and credible acting that’s been proven time and again, Sturgess is not only destined to become one of cinema’s most important young talents, but is already groomed to play roles usually reserved for the likes of Pitt, DiCaprio and Damon. He is also well-regarded for his singing abilities, a plus factor that could give him an edge over some of his contemporaries. His latest performance as the lead in Fifty Dead Men Walking, is already creating a lot of buzz. This one role alone is more than enough to declare Jim as one of today’s most gifted young actors. His three new high-profile projects, are already an indication that studios are lining up to get Jim to act on their movies.

Career Path: He has both the looks and the talent, something Ben Barnes has yet to prove. He is also getting some buzz for a major super hero role? Can he compete with the likes of Christian Bale and Matt Damon or even Edward Norton in the near future? Perhaps he can… [ view profile ]

Kari Skogland, the director of Fifty Dead Men Walking won Citytv Western Canada Feature Film Award from Vancouver International Film Festival.

Here’s the article:

For the seventh year running, Citytv is generously sponsoring an award for Western Canadian filmmakers. Last year, Carl Bessai and Normal won the $12,000 Citytv Western Canada Feature Film Award.

This year, the jury-selected prizes was again be announced at the awards presentation at the Closing Gala. The feature films in this year’s competition were:
45 RPM (dir. David Schultz)
Control Alt Delete (dir. Cameron Labine)
Crime (dir. Tom Scholte)
Edison & Leo (dir. Neil Burns)
Fifty Dead Men Walking (dir. Kari Skogland)
Mothers & Daughters (dir. Carl Bessai)
Sheltered Life (dir. Carl Laudan)
Stone of Destiny (dir. Charles Martin Smith)
When Life Was Good (dir. Terry Miles)

The jury for the Canadian Images program awarded the Citytv Western Canada Feature Film Award and its $12,000 cash prize to director Kari Skogland of B.C. for FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING.

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Jim was featured on the Movie Fanatics (tMF) Exclusive!
They has a pretty long article including biography, comments, and his previous roles.

f there’s one actor who has captured the imagination of Hollywood with such intensity, then it’s Jim Sturgess. The 27-year old British actor just recently celebrated the win of his latest movie, Fifty Dead Men Walking at the Vancouver Film Festival. Sturgess plays Martin McGartland, a mole planted by the British government inside the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The explosive political thriller is a far cry from Jim’s previous role as a young lover in the Beatles-inspired Across the Universe.
As more projects line up his door, let’s take a moment to know Sturgess before the hype.

Before Hollywood: Drama school, a band and a one-man act: Reported to have been approached by a talent agent “on the strength of a one-man show he put up in Manchester as a student”, Jim Sturgess began his quest to become an actor early on.

He was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre for two years and studied acting at the University of Salford’s School of Media, Music and Performance. At the same time, he’s a member of the “Dilated Spies”, a seven-member band. Thus, it was no surprise Sturgess can sing and act with such conviction and authenticity. The ability to performance both as an actor and as singer will be used by the young actor later on in his quest to become a serious and professional actor.
Much like his fellow Brits, Jim got involved in a variety of roles in British productions- mostly made for TV movies and series- including The Quest, a Touch of Frost, Judge John Deed, Hawk and Rehab.

Read the complete article here

The movie poster of Fifty Dead Men Walking finally surfaced.
Click on the picture to see tha larger version on the gallery!

Hey guys sorry for the lack of updates. There’s not much going on lately (that I can find). Anyway I just upgraded to wordpress 2.6.2. Sorry it took forever.

New layout is also on its way. Hopefully next week if I could get it done.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Crossing Over will be released at limited platform.
Here’s the article:

The Weinstein Co.’s distribution deal with MGM is ending not with a bang but a whimper.

Although the deal was set to expire Dec. 31, the Weinstein Co. is taking back seven titles that it will release itself before the end of the year and then send to cable through its new Showtime output deal. They include two wide releases: “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” (Oct. 31) and “The Road” (exclusive Nov. 14, going wide Nov. 26).

The other titles, which will get limited platform releases, are “Killshot,” “Fanboys,” “Crossing Over,” “Extreme Movie” and “Shanghai.”

And guys I will be out of town til Saturday, I will try my best to update but I couldn’t make any promise. Take care y’all!