JSOnline has received official confirmation regarding the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole which will make its Los Angeles debut on Sept 19 at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. In attendance at the premiere will be director Zack Snyder and several of the films stars including Jim Sturgess, Ryan Kwanten, and Anthony LaPaglia. Red carpet arrivals will commence at 3:00 pm, with the screening at 5:00 pm. The film will officially open in 2D and 3D in theaters and IMAX on Sept 24.
You can view the film’s official website here, Facebook page here, and the trailer below.
In other news, the Legend of the Guardians official soundtrack is now available for pre-order on iTunes here and through our JSOnline store on Amazon.com here. For now, the film’s theme song To the Sky by Owl City, is EXCLUSIVELY available for immediate download only on iTunes.
ET Online has a first look at the new Legend of the Guardians theme song,“To The Sky” by Owl City. Directed by Zack Snyder and starring Jim Sturgess as Soren, the film is being released in IMAX and selected theaters in 2-D and 3-D on September 24.
Jamie Morgan’s Facebook and May13Films have published a video of Jim Sturgess performing The Other Me at last year’s Frightfest premiere of Heartless. Jim, along with band mates and girlfriend Mickey O’Brien, performed two songs from the Heartless soundtrack on stage before a live audience.
And for the British fans, the Heartless soundtrack is now available for download through UK iTunes here. There are a total of 12 songs on the album, including a full version of the title song Heartless, as well as The Other Me, both performed by Jim Sturgess.
The soundtrack for Heartless featuring tracks performed by Jim Sturgess and Joe Echo is now available on Amazon UK through the JSOnline store (according to Amazon UK Terms of Use download and purchase is only available to UK residents).
We hope our UK fans will use the JSOnline Store for all their Heartless and Jim Sturgess related purchases, as a portion will return to help support our site. Thanks in advance from the entire JSOnline Team!!
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Below is a quote from Philip Ridley about working with Jim Sturgess on two songs for the soundtrack:
And then something happened that I hadn’t been expecting. Jim Sturgess, who plays Jamie in the film, heard some of the songs and loved them. He wondered if, perhaps, it would be right for him to sing a couple. To be honest, Jim and I had discussed this possibility much earlier (Jim’s talents are boundless. As well as being one of the greatest actors around, he is also a great singer…not to mention song writer, poet – the list goes on!). Initially, we had both agreed it probably wouldn’t be right. But as the film progressed, and the exploration of Jamie’s mind in the film become ever more obsessive…well, it just seemed to make total sense for Jim to perform the two songs most pertinent to Jamie’s state of mind: the theme music, Heartless, and Another Me. Jim’s interpretation of these songs is one of the highlights of my whole Heartless journey. And watching him perform them live, as he did at the film’s premiere at the wonderful Frightfest Film Festival, is a shining gem of a memory that will stay with me all my life.
You can read the entire interview about the Heartless soundtrack with Philip Ridley here.
Panic and Magic, the new single featured in Philip Ridley’s Heartless is now available for download through the UK and US iTunes store. The song was written and performed by Mickey O’Brien and Paul Stoney, vocals and lyrics are by Jim Sturgess.
Click on the flags to go directly to iTunes and purchase the song:
The May/June issue of the filmmaking specialty magazine, Moviescope, will be hitting stands next week with an image of Jim Sturgess on the cover. The article’s description says, “Heartless: How a multi-platorm release strategy shaped the shoot of this new British thriller.” Here’s a sneak peek of what the cover will look like:
And thanks to Ladyburden(Mickey O’Brien) and May13Films we have a sample of a track from Heartless called, “Panic and Magic,” music by Mickey O’Brien and Paul Stoney, with lyrics and vocals by Jim Sturgess.
May13Films has released another Heartless behind-the-scenes original video featuring Jim Sturgess rehearsing and performing live at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) in December 2009. The video includes the film’s title song, Heartless, and a track titled, The Other Me.
The Heartless soundtrack will be available sometime in May 2010 through Universal Music.
JSOnline has just learned via Twitter about the release of the Heartlesssoundtrack sometime during the week of May 14, 2009:
dickierayoff to BFI Heartless screening. Happy to announce that Universal music will release the soundtrack approx 1 week before film is out!
dickieray@JSOcom yes will be available on download. Singles released too. Big album push. 11 songs - includes 3 sung by Jim Sturgess.
We have also recently added 80 screen caps of the Heartless trailer which premiered a few days ago on Yahoo! Movies UK and is available on our YouTube channel here. You can see all the screen caps in our gallery here.
May 13 Filmshas posted a video featuring clips from Heartless, as well as clips from the Sitges Film Festival.
Jim Sturgess & Director Philip Ridley travel to the 42nd Sitges Film Festival to screen their upcoming movie HEARTLESS. Released by Lions Gate UK Spring 2010.
Video includes preview of the song “The Darker it Gets,” written specifically for the movie by Philip Ridley & Nick Bicat - performed by Joe Echo and Mary Leay.
You can also see screencaps from the video in our image gallery here.
On August 31 Jim Sturgess performed two songs from his new film, Heartless. We are pleased to share the lyrics from the film’s title song written by Director Philip Ridley.
HEARTLESS
When I woke up this morning the trees didn’t work
bird song had turned to gunfire and the stars were in the dirt
The snow feels like a heatwave,
The sunshine feels like rain.
If a feather touches my skin, it causes me pain
Come back, come back
And make the world work again.
Come back and put an end to all this mess,
Come back and prove the world’s not heartless.
Come back and prove the world’s not heartless.
You can read the lyrics for the entire song on our forum here.
