The first look of James McAvoy as Max Lewinsky in upcoming thriller Welcome to the Punch has been released online! So far it’s only a small still, but hopefully this means that more promotional material will be out soon. Enjoy!

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 by Irvine Welsh has commenced in Glasgow, Scotland as well as on location in Sweden, Belgium and Hamburg.

McAvoy plays the leading role of Bruce Robertson, a corrupt Scottish police officer and cocaine addict who has to solve a brutal murder case with an ambitious colleague, mentee-cum-sidekick, Ray Lennox (Bell). Bruce flees from, his sexual endeavors eventually backfiring and his various short or long-termed schemes and plots against his colleagues in order to secure the hoped-for promotion to Detective Inspector.

Poots will be playing Amanda Drummond, a colleague of Bruce’s.

Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh, best known for his novel Trainspotting, also co-wrote a script with Baird. Baird commented:

Filth is filled with irreverent comedy and some extremely surreal moments, but ends with a sharp twist of poignancy. The character of Bruce Robertson has to show such a wide range that it could only take an actor as talented as James McAvoy (pictured) to pull it off with the necessary charm and humanity.

Producer Marshall added:

Bruce Robertson is not only a guilty pleasure, but a character edgier than all the other characters from Irvine Welsh’s works combined. With Filth we have the chance to make a bold and outrageous film that I have no doubt will be unique, darkly funny and ultimately commercial.”

Lionsgate will be releasing Filth.

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Happy New Year everyone! I hope you have all had a great festive period – and let’s all be eagerly awaiting James’ upcoming projects for this year, including Welcome to the Punch, Filth and Trance! I have recently gotten hold of Atonement on Blu-Ray, and so have replaced the 855 DVD screen captures with 1,104 gorgeous HD-quality captures. This is probably my favourite film of James’, and is just simply gorgeous to watch. Enjoy!

Welcome to the new and improved James McAvoy Fan! I felt that I have been neglecting this site lately, and so in order to motivate myself, I have create this new layout for the site, featuring one of my favourite photoshoots.

I am in the process of updating and adding new content to the site, as well as adding new bits to the gallery. So far I have added new images from X-Men: First Class, The Last King of Scotland and Arthur Christmas, pictures from the Gnomeo and Juliet press conference (Jan 21) and three new photoshoots. I have also made a Facebook page for the site, so please Like us if you are a fan! Phew!

Happy holidays everyone! I hope everyone has had a great festive season, and to bring in the New Year a little early, I have a few neat additions for James McAvoy Fan. To start with, I have just replaced the 764 DVD-quality screen captures of James in Penelope with 878 HD/Blu-Ray quality images – just gorgeous! This film is such a lovely fairytale, and James is great as ever. I plan on getting some clips of this film in the Video Archive asap, and also have a few more HD/Blu-Ray captures hidden up my sleeve, so stay tuned for those!