“Billy Elliot” star Jamie Bell will play Sam Worthington’s brother in Summit’s “Man on a Ledge,” reports Deadline.

Asger Leth (“Ghosts of Cite Soleil”) directs the crime drama from a script by Pablo Fenjves, which is currently being rewritten by Jon and Erich Hoeber (“Battleship”).

Worthington stars as a cop who is thrown in jail for a crime he didn’t commit. After his father dies, the authorities agree to let him out in order to attend the funeral. He uses the opportunity to escape, and winds up on a hotel ledge where he threatens to kill himself.

Bell will play his brother, who just so happens to be planning a jewelry store heist across the street.

Anthony Mackie (“The Hurt Locker”) is in talks to play Worthington’s former partner on the police force.

There’s also a female psychiatrist who plays a key role in the film, but that part has yet to be cast, though Deadline reports that Amy Adams is rumored to be interested.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing with Mark Vahradian and David Ready.

Production is scheduled to begin in November in New York.

Bell next stars opposite Channing Tatum in Kevin Macdonald’s “The Eagle.” He’ll join Cillian Murphy in “The Retreat,” and also stars in Steven Spielberg’s “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn.”

Bell is represented by WME.

Source: The Wrap

Jamie has recently signed onto a new film titled Retreat, where he will star alongside Cillian Murphy and Thandie Newton:

Jamie Bell has locked in his next film, signing on to star alongside Cillian Murphy and Thandie Newton in Retreat.

Writer Carl Tibbets is hoisting the megaphone as a first-time director for the movie, which sees a couple (Murphy and Newton) trying to solve their marriage woes by heading to a remote island.

Trouble washes up in the form of a soldier (Bell), who arrives on the beach wearing a biohazard suit and carrying a dire warning about an airborne virus that has wiped out most of Europe and, possibly, the world. The twist, however, is they only have his word on the matter and it’s the start of a weird psychological drama between the three.

Source: Empire Online

With thanks to Sheeda for linking me with this information, it appears Eagle of the Ninth and Jane Eyre, which Jamie stars in, will be released in 2011!

Focus Features Sets Release Dates for 2011

Focus Features has announced the release dates for its 2011 films. The Eagle of the Ninth has been pushed back from September 24th to February 25, 2011. The film is a Roman epic adventure directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring Channing Tatum of Jamie Bell. Jane Eyre, directed by Cary Fukunaga, has landed the date of March 11, 2011.

Source: Collider

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With thanks to Ted I have added three photos of Jamie on set at the Eagle of the Ninth production.

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Thanks to Ted for the link to IFTN‘s article on Jane Eyre‘s production status:

Production will commence shortly on the set of Jane Eyre. The new interpretation of the Charlotte Brontë novel from ‘Sin Nombre’ director Cary Fukunaga will see Irish actor Michael Fassbender take on the role of the ominous Mr. Rochester opposite Mia Wasikowska, Judi Dench and Jamie Bell.

Cameras will start rolling on the film’s set on Monday, March 22nd and the shoot will last for eight weeks. The film will shoot on location in London and Derbyshire. The film is a co-production between BBC Films, Focus Features and Ruby Films and is expected to be released in early 2011.

Source: IFTN

Thanks to Philip for the link, it appears that The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn has a release date confirmed:

According to Box Office Mojo the official release date for Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn in North America is December 23rd 2011, which also happens to be my birthday. Tintin will be released in countries such as Sweden, Netherlands and Germany in October 2011 as Tintin is rather popular in that part of the world. To date the graphic novel series has sold over 200 million copies worldwide and most of those sales were in Europe, so the studios (Sony/Paramount) have the right strategy even if the US has to wait an extra 2 months for it.

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn stars Daniel Craig, Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and will be using the same performance-capture technology James Cameron used for Avatar, so expect a visual treat.

Source: Filmonic.com

If you’re not too sure what to expect, from another interview with LA Times, Steven Spielberg had said:

So though Jamie Bell will be digitally made to look exactly like Hergé’s classic renderings of Tintin, it will be Jamie Bell’s complete physical and emotional performance. (…) If Tintin makes you feel something, it’s Jamie Bell’s soul you’re sensing.

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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Jamie may in talks of joining the cast of Jane Eyre, which will star his “Defiance” co-star, Mia Wasikowska!

Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins and Imogen Poots are in negotiations to join the cast of “Jane Eyre,” an adaptation of the classic Charlotte Bronte novel.

Cary Fukunaga is directing for BBC Films and Focus Features, which is handling sales at EFM. Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender are at the center of the Gothic tale, which follows young governess Jane Eyre (Wasikowska), who falls in love with her employer, Edward Rochester (Fassbender), but discovers he harbors a dark secret.

Bell will play St. John, a clergyman who turns out to be Eyre’s cousin. Dench will play Mrs. Fairfax, the housekeeper of Thornfield Manor, who disapproves of Eyre’s engagement with Rochester. Hawkins is Mrs. Reed, Eyre’s aunt, who adopts her but abuses and neglects her until death.

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With thanks to Ted, Philip and Paxton for informing me of these photos. Last October the local community of where The Eagle Of the Ninth was being filmed organised a dance called The Ceilidh for the cast and crew of the film.

For Facebook users out there, Eagle of the Ninth has released its official Facebook page not long ago. To become a fan, simply click on the image below:

Also, a big thanks to Ted for notifying me of this!

Apologies for the lack of updates around here! I have been busy and ill, and keeping this site updated was least of my priorities. However, thanks to Ted, I have added the first look of Jamie in Eagle of the Ninth! Pardon me and my shallow ways, but goodness, look at that bod!

Source: Yahoo! Movies