IFC Films has apparently picked up Philip Ridley’s Heartless, a long-gestating psychological thriller starring Jim Sturgess (21), Clemence Poesy (127 Hours, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), Noel Clarke (Centurion), Timothy Spall (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Eddie Marsan (The Disappearance of Alice Creed) and Luke Treadaway (Brothers of the Head). The film is described as part Donnie Darko and part Guillermo del Toro and recently won the Best Independent Film Award at the Toronto After Dark Festival. I don’t know if it lives up to any of that chatter and acclaim, but it doesn’t look half bad.
IFC will release the film in New York theaters on November 19 and on demand on November 24 and I have the new trailer and a election of eight new images to share with you from the film.
The trailer is directly below and to browse the images simply click here. I first wrote about this film back in May 2008 when the poster debuted and I’m a bit curious to see if there’s anything to it.
