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J.K. Rowling is embroiled in a fresh row with another Harry Potter actor over transgender rights.

Following exchanges of fire with Daniel Radcliffe and others, Rowling has blasted David Tennant after the Goblet of Fire star voiced strident views on those who speak out against trans rights.

During an appearance at the British LGBT Awards over the weekend, he called on British equalities minister Kemi Badenoch to “shut up” after she advocated for banning trans women from entering women’s toilets and sports teams.

In an interview at the same event, Tennant called transgender critics “a tiny bunch of little whinging f*ckers who are on the wrong side of history, and they’ll all go away soon.”

Earlier in the week, Rowling branded people like Tennant the “gender Taliban.” In posts on X (once Twitter) on Friday, she expanded her comments to address Tennant’s “wrong side of history” quote.

Harry Potter star reveals in interview that he has had no contact with Rowling since the author’s gender-critical statements on trans women

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has described his rupture with Jk Rowling over trans rights as “really sad”, and that despite her role in his life as the creator of Potter “[it] doesn’t mean that you owe the things you truly believe to someone else for your entire life”.

Radcliffe’s comments came in an interview in the Atlantic, and marks the first published remarks by one of the principal cast in the Potter series since the publication of the Cass review of gender identity services, and Rowling’s subsequent suggestion on social media that he and co-star Emma Watson were “celebs who cosied up to a movement intent on eroding women’s hard-won rights and who used their platforms to cheer on the transitioning of minors”.

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J.K. Rowling suggests she will not forgive her Harry Potter stars for going against her views on trans rights in the wake of a new report criticizing current gender care treatments for young people.

On Wednesday, the BBC reported on a four-year review investigating gender care commissioned by the NHS. The report concluded that gender services were based on “remarkably weak” evidence and that children had been “let down” by medical professionals. “The reality is we have no good evidence on the long-term outcomes of interventions [such as puberty blockers] to manage gender-related distress,” wrote pediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass. “It is unusual for us to give a potentially life-changing treatment to young people and not know what happens to them in adulthood.”

Rowling, who has drawn considerable fire in recent years for her outspoken and staunch social media campaign against certain aspects of the trans rights movement, issued several comments about the report on X.

Exclusive: Jon S. Baird, the Scottish filmmaker known for his work on Tetris and Stan & Ollie, has signed with Range Media Partners.

Baird’s most recent feature, the true-life thriller Tetris, earned him a nomination for Best Director – Fiction at the upcoming 2023 BAFTA Scotland Awards, after world premiering at SXSW. The Apple TV+ pic tells the story of Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton), a video game enthusiast turned entrepreneur, who stumbles upon a little-known title called Tetris at a tech expo and becomes embroiled in a high-stakes battle for its rights, facing off against rival companies, the Kgb, and even Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Baird previously directed Stan & Ollie, a feature about comedy legends Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Hardy (John C. Reilly), for eOne and BBC Films, which was nominated for Outstanding British Film of the Year at the BAFTA Film Awards. The filmmaker also with that title secured...

“I was a huge Laurel and Hardy fan since I was eight years old,” reveals director Jon S. Baird about why he was the perfect choice to helm the new film “Stan and Ollie” for Sony Pictures Classics. In our recent interview (watch the exclusive video above), he adds, “I’ve got a picture of me dressed as Stan Laurel for the school fancy dress party. So there’s proof there that I did love them. It’s been a long love affair for me and these two guys. When I read Jeff (Pope)’s script, I jumped at the chance because it was a childhood dream come true.”

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The movie is mostly set in Great Britain after the major film successes of the iconic comedy duo of Laurel and Hardy. The film opens with them in Hollywood just before Laurel (portrayed by...

“Stan & Ollie” marks the third feature for Jon S. Baird, after the 2008 racial drama “Cass” and the 2013 “Filth,” with James McAvoy as a bipolar junkie cop. There’s nothing in those earlier films similar to “Stan & Ollie,” which opens Dec. 28 in the U.S., but he proved the perfect match for the funny, sweet film about friendship.

The Scotland-born Baird admits, “On paper, I was not the logical choice for this. But I had been a huge fan since I was a kid; I used to dress up as Stan Laurel for the school dress party. And I loved the script by Jeff Pope.

“Jeff and I thought it was important to show them at height of career, but then to concentrate on the ’50s, the time of their biggest challenges.”

The film starts with a brief prologue in 1937, when comedy team Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy were at their height,...

“Stan & Ollie” marks the third feature for Jon S. Baird, after the 2008 racial drama “Cass” and the 2013 “Filth,” with James McAvoy as a bipolar junkie cop. There’s nothing in those earlier films similar to “Stan & Ollie,” which opens Dec. 28 in the U.S., but he proved the perfect match for the funny, sweet film about friendship.

The Scotland-born Baird admits, “On paper, I was not the logical choice for this. But I had been a huge fan since I was a kid; I used to dress up as Stan Laurel for the school dress party. And I loved the script by Jeff Pope.

“Jeff and I thought it was important to show them at height of career, but then to concentrate on the ’50s, the time of their biggest challenges.”

The film starts with a brief prologue in 1937, when comedy team Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy were at their height,...

Deadline has learned that Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly are set to play (respectively) Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in a biopic about the iconic comic duo titled Stan & Ollie. Have I got your attention yet? If not, you should know that Jon Baird (Filth, Cass) will direct the film, and that the script for the planned movie comes from Philomena scribe Jeff Pope. Stan & Ollie will... Read More...

If you were busy watching England's rugby defeat last Saturday night, you missed a thrilling episode of Doctor Who, packed with moments every bit as blood-curdling as the sporting horror show. 'Under the Lake' might've suffered from a sketchily written supporting cast, but it scored with an abundance of atmosphere, great twists and some nifty sci-fi concepts.

This week, writer Toby Whithouse makes shrewd use of the two-parter format, positioning this follow-up episode as a prequel-of-sorts. But while the setting is (mostly) different, 'Before the Flood' is much of a muchness with its predecessor. It replicates many of its strengths, but also a few of its flaws.

Roughly half of the episode is set in the 1980s - a few hundred years before 'Under the Lake'. It's here that the Doctor rediscovers the spaceship left lurking in The Drum last week, and meets its oddball occupant, Prentis (Paul Kaye).

A funeral director From Space,...

Toby Whithouse's Under The lake is packed with references, from a 7th Doctor story through to Star Trek. Here's what we spotted...

This article contains lots and lots of spoilers for Under The Lake.

Under The Lake may not be the Dalek-filled continuity fest of the last couple of weeks, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t set our geek senses tingling. Here’s everything we were able to spot, from the obvious references to the slightly tenuous connections, from this week’s episode...

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Under The Lake is a perfect example of what’s commonly referred to as a ‘base under siege’ story. These were a staple of the classic series, particularly during the Patrick Troughton era, not least because they meant the ever-stretched production team could save on the set budget. The first proper base-under-siege tale was William Hartnell’s final story, The Tenth Planet,...

Mainstream moviegoers are probably used to seeing James McAvoy as the noble, humanity-saving Professor Xavier in two X-Men movies now. Days of Future Past does give him a bit of an edge thanks to an addiction to painkillers, but it's still basically the same safe, family-friendly type of role you'd expect in a superhero movie. McAvoy has another movie out right now, though, and it's far, far, far, far, far, far less family friendly. It's called Filth, so the title alone should give you an indication of the tone, and in it he plays a dirty, drug-fueled detective who is spiraling out of control while trying to solve a murder mystery so he can land a promotion at work and get back his wife. This is a dark, dark comedy from director Jon S. Baird (Cass) adapted from a...

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Last year we got quite the raunchy tease for the crime comedy Filth starring James McAvoy since it was already released in the United Kingdom. Now the film is coming to the United States this spring, and a red band domestic trailer shows plenty more of McAvoy being dirty and despicable as a bipolar, corrupt, junkie cop. It's certainly much different than what we've seen McAvoy do before, and far removed from his turn as Charles Xavier in X-Men: Days of Future Past this summer. But is all the vulgarity a gimmick, or is there actually a solid flick here? You'll have to find out for yourself when the film gets released. Watch the trailer! Here's the Us red band trailer for Jon S. Baird's Filth, originally from IGN: Filth is a crime comedy written & directed by up-and-comer Jon S. Baird (Green Street Hooligans, Cass) based on the novel...

Directed by Jon S. Baird (Cass) and based on the book by Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, Filth began its international release rollout on September 27th, 2013, and will go wide on November 21st. Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson wants a promotion. He is clearly the best man for the job - the rest of his colleagues are just idiots. Annoyingly, there's been a murder and Bruce's boss wants results. No problem for Bruce. He's in control and when he solves the case and wins the promotion, his wife will return to him. No problem. But is life that simple? Is Bruce the man he really thinks he is? The tragic, hilarious and memorable answers unfold in Filth...

Shooting has begun on London crime drama, with a cast including Leo Gregory, Ricci Harnet and Vincent Regan.

Principal photography has commenced on Top Dog, produced by Richwater Films, on location across London.

Directed by Martin Kemp (The Krays), it is produced by Jonathan Sothcott (Vendetta, Assassin) andwritten by Dougie Brimson, based on his original novel.

The cast includes Leo Gregory (Green Street, Cass), Ricci Harnett (28 Days Later, Rise Of The Foot Soldier), Vincent Regan (Bonded By Blood, Clash Of The Titans), Danielle Brent (Ill Manors), Lorraine Stanley (London To Brighton) and George Russo.

The film centres on hooligan gang leader Billy Evans (Gregory) who gets in over his head when he joins a dangerous criminal gang.

Universal Pictures UK, part of Universal Pictures International Entertainment - the home entertainment division of NBC Universal – has picked up the rights.

Directed by Jon S. Baird (Cass) and based on the book by Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, Filth is scheduled for release in Scotland on September 27th, 2013, followed by the rest of the UK on October 4th. Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson wants a promotion. He is clearly the best man for the job - the rest of his colleagues are just idiots. Annoyingly, there's been a murder and Bruce's boss wants results. No problem for Bruce. He's in control and when he solves the case and wins the promotion, his wife will return to him. No problem. But is life that simple? Is Bruce the man he really thinks he is? The tragic, hilarious and memorable answers unfold in Filth...

Marking the latest adaptation of Irving Welsh’s work, Filth promises to serve up a performance from James McAvoy unlike any he’s given before.

The Jon S. Baird movie is heading into cinemas in just over a month. And after catching the latest trailer a few weeks back, two new alternate quad posters have landed online, showing off a slightly different look at McAvoy seen in the original, which features him riding a pig.

A bipolar, bigoted, junkie cop manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive period, until he finally meets his match… himself.

Scheming Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a bigoted and corrupt policeman, is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Enlisted to solve a brutal murder and threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues, including Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell), Bruce sets about ensuring their ruin, right under the...

If there’s one thing we can be sure of, it’s that Filth is going to earn every bit of its 18 rating, and then some. And you can bet it’s going to do so brilliantly.

James McAvoy and Jamie Bell lead a stellar cast. And after seeing the first three highly red-band trailers surface in as many months, we’ve got another great new trailer to share.

A bipolar, bigoted, junkie cop manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive period, until he finally meets his match… himself.

Scheming Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a bigoted and corrupt policeman, is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Enlisted to solve a brutal murder and threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues, including Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell), Bruce sets about ensuring their ruin, right under the nose of unwitting Chief Inspector Toal.

Another Irvine Welsh adaptation has dropped yet another red band trailer and it’s even stranger than the last one. Penned and directed by Jon S. Baird (Cass), Filth starring James McAvoy, Imogen Poots, Jamie Bell, Joanne Froggatt, Emun Elliott, Jim Broadbent, Martin Compston, Kate Dickie and Eddie Marsan. McAvoy stars as Bruce Robertson, a Scottish police officer who spends more time in pursuing his own various vices than upholding the law. He spends his time popping pills, takes womanizing to a whole new level, and is generally just insane, yet controlled. Filth opens overseas on September 27th, 2013, but there’s still no U.S. distributor or...

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Bringing the work of Irvine Welsh back to the big screen once more, Filth promises to show off a whole new side of James McAvoy when it hits cinemas later this year.

If you’ve seen either of the first two red-band trailers, then you’ll know exactly what I mean.

Following the most recent of those two trailers, which surfaced early last month, we’ve had the great new UK quad poster sent over to share, teasing just a handful of the many great early reviews the films has received, including our own from Stefan. And though we haven’t published the review in full yet, you can see from the four stars below that he really enjoyed it.

A bipolar, bigoted, junkie cop manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive period, until he finally meets his match… himself.

Scheming Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a bigoted and corrupt policeman,...

Oh good lord, what is Professor X up to? Sleeping with prostitutes, jacking off in bathrooms, selling drugs, getting cheap sex, and generally doing very bad things to people and himself, as it turns out. At least, in his new movie “Filth”, based on the book by Irvine Welsh (of “Trainspotting” fame) and directed by Jon S. Baird (“Cass”). But surely he’s got some redeeming values, right? It’s not all “Bad Lieutenant”, right? Hmm, maybe, I dunno, I’ve never read the book, but the guy sure seems like a real menace here. But hey, maybe Imogen Poots can redeem him? Get your fill of McAvoy doing some very bad deeds indeed in the new International Red Band trailer for the film below. The last scene alone is worth the price of admission. “Whaaaaat?” indeed, little lady. A bipolar, bigoted junkie cop manipulates and hallucinates his way through...

We last saw James McAvoy lead Danny Boyle‘s divisive thriller Trance and for one of his upcoming projects, he’ll be taking on an adaptation of an Irvine Welsh novel, from the author that put the Sunshine director on the map with Trainspotting. Coming from director Jon S. Baird, who helmed Cass and was a producer on Green Street Hooligans, [...]...

The first red band trailer for Filth, the adaptation of Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh's novel of the same name, really showed a wild and crazy James McAvoy as a bipolar, sex-crazed, drug-riddle police officer. Now we get even more craziness in the film from Green Street Hooligans director Jon S. Baird, complete with a wacky Jim Broadbent, a seemingly nervous Jamie Bell as McAvoy's partner and British character actor Eddie Marsan. This looks trippy and peculiar, but we wouldn't expect anything less from an Irvine Welsh novel. Between this and Trance, it's been quite an adult-themed year for McAvoy. Fire it up below! Here's the crazy new international trailer for Jon S. Baird's Filth, direct from YouTube: Filth is a crime comedy written & directed by up-and-comer Jon S. Baird (Green Street Hooligans, Cass) based on the novel by Irvine Welsh (of Trainspotting). The plot involves a bipolar bigoted junkie cop,...

Back in April, we saw a fantastic first trailer for Filth, which sees Irvine Welsh’s work make another welcome return to the big screen. It was wildly unsuitable for work, and gave us a great look at James McAvoy’s bigoted and corrupt cop character, so different to the roles we’re used to seeing him play.

Clocking in at just over a minute in length, it was a terrific first little tease. And now Sierra Affinity have released a longer international trailer, giving another very much restricted look at the upcoming movie.

A bipolar, bigoted, junkie cop manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive period, until he finally meets his match… himself.

Scheming Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a bigoted and corrupt policeman, is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Enlisted to solve a brutal murder and threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues,...

Before the Trailer We Thought: The UK trailer for this film adaptation of "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh's novel of the same name dropped in April, promising a deranged James McAvoy snorting and screwing his way through Edinburgh. We were sold then. And Now? Still sold. Running a full minute longer that the first promo, the new international trailer fleshes out the film's plot, features a lot more of McAvoy's co-star Jamie Bell (always a welcome addition), and features an extended shot of McAvoy's bum. For more indie film trailers check out Indiewire's trailer page, sponsored by Sony Pictures Classics. Coming off as fresh take on "Bad Lieutenant," this time played for broad laughs, "Filth" features McAvoy as one of the most corrupt cops to ever grace the screen, Jim Broadbent as his put-upon psychiatrist and a supporting cast that includes Imogen Potts and Eddie Marsan. Jon S. Baird ("Cass") directs.

Before We Saw the Trailer, We Thought: A novel perhaps best known for having a tapeworm give narration might not seem like the most obvious material for a film adaptation, but when you take into account that the author of said novel is "Trainspotting" and Scottish king of all things grimy Irvine Welsh, you're going to attract a fair amount of interest. The film adaptation for Welsh's "Filth" hasn't flown primarily under the radar so far, possibly because writer and helmer Jon S. Baird ("Cass") isn't exactly a household name, but that should change with the release of the first, restricted, trailer which pretty much boldly demands attention. For more indie film trailers check out Indiewire's trailer page, sponsored by Sony Pictures Classics. And Now? Starring perennial rising star James McAvoy, fresh off of fellow Welsh adapter Danny Boyle's "Trance," the trailer for "Filth" isn't heavy on narrative information...

Warning: This trailer is Nsfw! If you think of James McAvoy as a sweet-faced Scot who typically plays noble men like Professor Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class, the misunderstood Robbie Turner in Atonement or Gnomeo of Gnomeo & Juliet, you'll be pretty shocked watching the trailer above. Between Danny Boyle's Trance and Jon S. Baird's latest Filth, McAvoy is offering a one, two punch to his casting niche of dreamy good guy. The follow-up to Baird's feature film debut Cass, Filth is based on a novel by the twisted mind behind Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh. Here McAvoy stars as Bruce Robertson, a bigoted, bipolar cop with a serious drug addiction. Despite all of the above Bruce is up for a promotion, and to win it, he'll do anything it takes to solve a gruesome murder case and ruin his rivals chances. But his lies and manipulations stack up to toppling,...

"Bruce!" While today might be a fine spring Thursday, if you're at work, it's probably best to save this until you get home (unless you work in movies). Our friends at HeyUGuys in the UK have come across a trailer for Filth, the new adaptation of an Irvine Welsh novel, directed by Jon S. Baird of Green Street Hooligans. The plot involves a bigoted and corrupt policeman played by a wild James McAvoy who is neck deep in a pile of his own filth, while in line for a promotion and enlisted to solve a brutal murder. There's lots of sex, language and general filth of all kinds that makes this look like one crazy ride. Jim Broadbent also stars. Here's the first Nsfw UK trailer for Jon S. Baird's Filth, found via HeyUGuys: Filth is a crime comedy written & directed by up-and-comer Jon S. Baird (Green Street Hooligans,...

Adapted from a novel whose narrator is a tapeworm gestating inside the tract of the protagonist, Filth aims to amp up the debauchery and pile on the sexual shenanigans in this latest Irvine Welsh adaptation. It’s been a long while since a novel of Welsh’s has hit the big screen and from the looks of the first red band trailer, the material has branched out further into the realm of the Scottish author’s own brand of madness.

Fellow Scotsman James McAvoy, hot off the back of two homegrown titles, Welcome To The Punch and Danny Boyle’s Trance, embodies the character of Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson for whom the title is an accurate description. The film, which has been shooting in Stirling, Scotland, tells the story of Robertson, a corrupt cop who shags, drinks, snorts and punches anything that moves. In the lead up to Christmas the...

Marking the latest big screen adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s work, Filth sees James McAvoy leading a stellar cast for writer-director Jon S. Baird’s sophomore feature.

With the film set to be released on our shores later this year, Lionsgate have debuted the first trailer, and it’s just as red-band and unsuitable for work as you’d expect from an adaptation of Welsh’s work.

A bipolar, bigoted, junkie cop manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive period, until he finally meets his match… himself.

Scheming Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a bigoted and corrupt policeman, is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Enlisted to solve a brutal murder and threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues, including Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell), Bruce sets about ensuring their ruin, right under the nose of unwitting Chief Inspector Toal. As he...

News regarding two composers on two upcoming James McAvoy films. While we wait another year or more for Darren Aronofsky's Noah, which will be scored by his regular composer Clint Mansell, in the meantime Mansell is lining up other work. Film Music Reporter states that Mansell is currently recording his score for the Scottish comedic crime thriller Filth, directed by Jon S. Baird. In addition, Film Music Reporter has also reported (via The Playlist) that one part of the group Underworld, musician Rick Smith (of work on Sunshine), will be scoring Danny Boyle's new thriller Trance, which is shot and just waiting to be released. Filth is a crime comedy written & directed by up-and-comer Jon S. Baird (Green Street Hooligans, Cass) based on the novel by Irvine Welsh (of Trainspotting). The plot involves a bipolar bigoted junkie cop, who manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season...

A murder mystery set in space finds the Doctor and Leela playing Agatha Christie. It would be the second outing for Leela, but would play up its mystery angle to great effect. I said that Face of Evil gets overshadowed by better stories and this is one of them. The Doctor (Tom Baker) and Leela (Louise Jameson) materialize on board a massive sandminer vehicle combing an alien world for precious minerals. The miner is run by a small human crew, Commander Uvanov (Russell Hunter), Toos (Pamela Salem), Task (David Bailie), Poul (David Collings), Borg (David Croucher), Zilda (Tannie Rogers), Chub (Rob Edwards), and Cass (Tariq Yunus), with the aid of numerous robots split into three classes: Dums, Vocs...

Principal photography on feature film Filth, written and directed by Jon S. Baird (Cass) is officially announced today. James McAvoy (Arthur Christmas), Jamie Bell (The Adventures of Tintin), Jim Broadbent (The Iron Lady), Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), and Imogen Poots (Jane Eyre) star. Shooting the film based on the best-selling novel [...]

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The film adaptation of Filth, the third novel from Scottish author Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting), is getting a clean cast for the big screen according to Variety. Joining the already impressive British ensemble of James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, and Joanne Froggatt are character actor Jim Broadbent and actress Imogen Poots (28 Weeks Later, Centurion, Jane Eyre, Fright Night). With the financing for the film now in place, it is set to begin production next week in Glasgow, Scotland along with shooting locations in Sweden, Belgium and Hamburg, Germany. Read on to roll around and get filthy with the story details! Producer turned director Jon S. Baird (Green Street Hooligans, Cass) will direct from the adapted script he also penned. The film centers around a a Scottish police officer (played by James McAvoy) described as a racist, a coke addict and a "sex-obsessed, misanthropic man driven by intense hatred." So, pretty...

Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan and Imogen Poots have all joined the cast of the darkly comic thriller "Filth" at Steel Mill Pictures and Logie Pictures says says Variety.

An adaptation of Irvine Welsh‘s novel, the story follows Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a sex-obsessed, cocaine-addicted, bigoted Scottish police officer investigating a murder who gets sidetracked by his own peculiarities, worries, sexual conquests, practical jokes and hangups. Along the way he manipulates everyone in his path to secure a promotion and win back his wife and daughter.

Jamie Bell has already been cast as his partner Ray Lennox. The unusual book features such surreal elements as a monologue-spouting tapeworm residing within Bruce.

Jon S. Baird ("Cass") directs the project and penned a revised screenplay. Shooting in Scotland, Sweden, Belgium and Hamburg is slated to commence next week.

Imogen Poots is about to get a little dirty. A lot dirty, actually.

The "Fright Night" beauty is headed for the ugly underbelly of humanity as she joins the ragtag cast of "Filth," according to The Playlist.

"Filth" is based on the novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh, and the story certainly holds true to its brazen title. The man who brought us "Trainspotting" paints another portrait of lost souls and hopeless addicts with the story of Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a sex- and drug-addled Scottish police officer whose investigation of a murder keeps getting sidetracked by his own depraved shenanigans. Watching over him (sort of ) is his partner (sort of), Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell), and his boss, Bob Toal.

Imogen Poots will be playing the role of Amanda Drummond, one of Bruce's colleagues (and possible sexual conquests). Jim Broadbent has also recently joined the cast in an...

James McAvoy, Jamie Bell and Alan Cumming are set to star in an apdaption of Irvine Welsh's Filth. Filming is slated to begin in January 2012. Welsh stated, “That’s going to be the main cast. James is going to be main character, Jamie is going to be Lennox his kind of sidekick and Alan is going to be Toal, his boss.” Welsh will be serving as a producer on the film, with Jon S Baird set to helm the film.

Here is what Welsh had to say about Baird joining the project:

“Jon did a biopic of Cass Pennant, a film called ‘Cass,’ which was well received in the U.K…It was compared favourably by some of the critics to ‘This Is England.’ It was the same kind of style and really kind of a beautiful little film."

“Jon and I hit it off and became good friends.

Films based on a few different Irvine Welsh novels have been in development in the decade-plus since the adaptation of his debut novel Trainspotting became a trans-Atlantic hit. One of those getting the film treatment has been Filth, a book about "an evil Edinburgh cop," for which the author has been acting as producer. Jon S. Baird (director of British film Cass) will direct, and it turns out that the core cast is going to be more than up to the challenge of dealing with Welsh's notoriously raucous material. James McAvoy, Jamie Bell and Alan Cumming are the names we have right now, and the idea of seeing McAvoy play a cop messed-up enough to rival Harvey Keitel's classic Bad Lieutenant sounds pretty great. Irvine Welsh told The Playlist [1], "That’s going to be the main cast... James is going to be main character, Jamie is going to be...

In an interview discussing his new book Ecstacy, acclaimed Scottish author Irvine Welsh confirmed that James McAvoy (Atonement), Jamie Bell (Hallam Foe) and Alan Cumming (GoldenEye) are set to star in a feature film adaptation of his novel Filth.

Filth centers on Bruce Robertson (McAvoy), a sex-obsessed, cocaine-addicted, bigoted Scottish police officer who is supposed to be investigating a murder but gets sidetracked by his own peculiarities, worries and hangups.

According to Welsh, Jon S. Baird (Cass) will direct, with filming scheduled to start early next year.

Source: The Playlist...

James McAvoy is confirmed while Jamie Bell and Alan Cumming are joining "Filth", the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh‘s darkly comic novel reports The Playlist.

The story follows Bruce Robertson (McAvoy), a sex-obsessed, cocaine-addicted, bigoted Scottish police officer investigating a murder who gets sidetracked by his own peculiarities, worries, sexual conquests, practical jokes and hangups.

Bell would play his partner Ray Lennox, Cumming his boss Bob Toal. The unusual book features such surreal elements as a monologue-spouting tapeworm residing within Bruce.

Jon S. Baird ("Cass") will direct the project and penned a revised screenplay that Welsh fully endorses. Welsh will produce and shooting will kick off in January.

James McAvoy and Jamie Bell are preparing for extreme depravity as they take on the lead roles in the adaptation of Irvine Welsh's underground novel, "Filth," according to The Playlist.

"Filth" follows the misadventures of Bruce Robertson (McAvoy), a sex-obsessed, drug-addicted and bigoted Scottish police officer whose latest murder investigation is continually sidetracked by his own bizarre and subversive shenanigans.

Robertson is (somewhat) watched over by his sidekick of sorts, Ray Lennox (Bell), and his boss, Bob Toal (Alan Cumming).

Sounds like a tale from the man who brought us "Trainspotting," for sure!

The long-gestating project, which has been through a constantly revolving door of different producers and directors over the past few years, looks to be finally coming together with Welsh on board as a co-producer and Jon S. Baird ("Cass") set to direct. Filming will commence in Jan. 2012.

James McAvoy will next be seen (heard) as the...

A feature film version of Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh’s book Filth is on its way, and it sports quite the cast. James McAvoy, Jamie Bell and Alan Cumming are set to star in the film which centers on an evil Edinburgh cop who has a knack for bigotry and coercing sex from teenage Ecstasy dealers. The Playlist recently spoke with Welsh who confirmed that a feature film version of his novel is on the way, with McAvoy taking on the lead role, Bell playing his sidekick Lennox, and Cumming set to play McAvoy’s boss, Toal. Welsh is probably best known for his 1993 novel Trainspotting which was adapted for the screen by director Danny Boyle. While I haven’t read Filth, it definitely sounds like some slightly insane material. This sounds like a rather meaty role, and McAvoy should have plenty of opportunities to really show his chops. Bell...

31-year-old massive black British actor Nonso Anozie (Cass, RockNRolla, Atonement), will make his stateside debut in the thriller, The Grey, to be directed by Joe Carnahan (The A-Team, Smoking Aces), and also starring Liam Neeson, Dallas Roberts, Dermot Mulroney and others.

The ensemble cast will play “oil-rig roughnecks” who find themselves stranded after a plane crash that happens on Alaska’s frozen tundra, in the middle of a hunting land for rogue wolves.

So… drop a team of characters with likely varied personalities into a danger zone, and watch them try to survive the foreign terrain and each other, as each probably gets killed off in some ghastly way, one after the other, until only 1 or 2 are left. Of course, expect there to be some personality conflicts between the characters for some dramatic touches; a few might even start to turn on others, as survival becomes paramount.

Nonso Anozie’s...

E1 Entertainment have just sent us this brand new trailer for a new British-made movie called The Big I Am. The movie stars Hollywood legend, Michael Madsen, and includes a host of British talent including Stephen Berkoff, Vincent Regan, Leo Gregory, Robert Fucilla and Beatrice Rosen. The trailer has a sort of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrell’s vibe going for it and looks like it could be a great movie. It’s directed by Nic Auerbach.

Synopsis: Small time crook Mickey Skinner (Leo Gregory, Cass) is unwittingly catapulted into the big league, when the getaway car he steals has infamous gang leader Barber (Vincent Regan, 300) captive in the boot.

Threatened by Barber and out of his depth, Skinner must make a choice. Become one of them or be killed.

The gang are poised on the brink of a lucrative human-trafficking deal and after being framed by one of his own,...

Good morning Boxwishers. Have a good Christmas? We sure hope so and that you enjoyed a well-deserved break to gorge yourselves on choccies before crashing out on the sofa to watch the endless TV Christmas specials. And now with the mince pies and turkey a memory (apart from the turkey leftovers!), it’s time to start thinking about how to spend the Christmas money and/ or shop vouchers you received and to help with this serious chore we bring you the new DVDs hitting store shelves from today.

If you see… Cass, the true story of Cass Pennant one of Britain’s most feared and infamous football hooligans.

Why Not Learn about Cass’s tough upbringing and subsequent lifestyle of danger and violence in his autobiography simply titled Cass. Explore British football hooliganism in films such as Green Street, Football Factory and Rise Of The Footsoldier. Or leave Cass a...

Paul Kaye has revealed that he will not revive his celebrity interviewer creation Dennis Pennis. The character, who first appeared on BBC Two in 1995, would gatecrash functions and red carpet events to ask the rich and famous controversial questions. Speaking at the premiere of his new film Cass, Kaye told the Press Association: "No, I was a different guy really - I couldn't do it again. "I used to hang around here for about two years solid. It was fascinating being on that side and being with (more)...