JASON STATHAM AND PADDY CONSIDINE TEAM UP

I'M back in town after a holiday to learn that a big screen adaptation of Ken Bruen's celebrated crime thriller "BLITZ" is filming on location in London. 

Jason Statham (The Bank Job / Transporter) heads the cast as the tough, uncompromising and un-PC detective Brant who is teamed with unlikely partner Sgt Porter Nash played by Burton's own Paddy Considine (The Bourne Ultimatum). 

Joining the cast are BAFTA and Tony Award-nominee Aidan Gillen (HBO's The Wire) and fellow BAFTA-nominee David Morrissey (Captain Corelli's Mandolin, State of Play, Nowhere Boy).   

Directed by Elliott Lester whose debut feature Love Is The Drug was selected for Slamdance 2006, Blitz has been adapted for the screen by Nathan Parker (Moon) and focuses on a cop-hating serial killer who targets the officers of a South East London police station. 

The strong supporting cast includes Tony Award winner Mark Rylance (Currently at the Royal Court in Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem), Zawe Ashton (St Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold), Richard Riddell (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus), Luke Evans (Clash of the Titans) and Nicky Henson (Vera Drake).

The film is Lionsgate's first British production following its commitment last year to expand into the UK production arena and it's set for release in 2010.