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63% Rotten Tomatoes Written by Patrick Neate Initial release 2016 (United Kingdom) Music director Ruth Barrett Screenplay Patrick Neate | 6.7/10 IMDb Directed by Pete Travis Music by Ruth Barrett Director Pete Travis Production company BBC Films | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Ado Yoshizaki Cassuto
Rebecca O'Brien Based on City of Tiny Lights
by Patrick Neate Starring Riz Ahmed
James Floyd
Billie Piper
Cush Jumbo
Roshan Seth
Antonio Aakeel
Liv Hansen
Danny Webb Cast Billie Piper, Riz Ahmed, Cush Jumbo, James Floyd, Roshan Seth Similar The Limehouse Golem, Maudie, The Journey Is The Desti, Paris Can Wait, A Death in the Gunj | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
City of tiny lights trailer 2016 riz ahmed movie
City of Tiny Lights is an upcoming British crime thriller film directed by Pete Travis and written by Patrick Neate, based on his own 2005 novel of same name. The film stars Riz Ahmed, James Floyd, Billie Piper, Cush Jumbo, Roshan Seth and Antonio Aakeel. Principal photography began on 27 April 2015 in London. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. It will be released in the United Kingdom on 7 April 2017.
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On 21 April 2015, it was announced that Pete Travis would be directing a London-set crime film City of Tiny Lights based on the 2005 novel of same name by Patrick Neate, who also adapted the novel into the film. Riz Ahmed was attached to play the lead role of a British detective Tommy Akhtar, and Billie Piper to play Akhtar's long-lost love, Shelley, while the other cast would include James Floyd, Cush Jumbo and Roshan Seth. BBC Films and BFI developed the script and would finance the film in association with Lip Sync Productions, Fel UK and Ingenious Media. Ado Yoshizaki Cassuto and Rebecca O'Brien would be producing the film for NDF International and Sixteen Films. Protagonist Pictures would handle the international rights while Icon Film Distribution would release the film in the UK and Ireland.
Principal photography on the film began on 27 April 2015 in London, which lasted for six weeks.
