Jude, ex-husband of Sadie Frost, recently returned from the Venice Film Festival where he showcased his new movie Sleuth, in which he co-stars with Sir Michael Caine.

The remake is in competition for the Golden Lion prize for best film in Venice.

The star’s spokesman was unavailable for comment.

Jude promotes peace day - July 19 2007
Jude Law has been travelling and filming in treacherous areas of eastern Afghanistan to help promote the United Nation’s annual day of worldwide cease-fire and non-violence.

The Oscar-nominated actor, accompanied by British director Jeremy Gilley and a film crew, interviewed children, government ministers and community leaders for the movie to mark the UN’s Peace Day on September 21.

"This is a country I’d always wanted to visit," he revealed, inside a guarded UN compound in Kabul. "It was a situation that I found intriguing. I felt that if it was safe for Jeremy it must be safe for me."

The United Nations General Assembly adopted Peace Day into its global calendar of events in 2001, following the director’s lobbying campaign, which he then turned into a documentary called Peace One Day.

"Afghanistan will be the focal point for the second film, so it seemed important that Jeremy also have a sounding board, a third party perspective on his trip," Jude added.

"This film is about documenting and seeing how Peace Day can save lives."

The star’s trip was conducted in secrecy for security reasons.

Jude and Forest team up for thriller? - June 19 2007
Jude Law and Forest Whitaker are apparently set to co-star in new flick The Repossession Mambo.

The Universal Pictures thriller is set in the near future, when artificial organs can be bought on credit, with the understanding that defaulting on payment will result in a fatal repossession, reports Variety.

The film will mark the feature directing debut of British filmmaker Miguel Sapochnik, whose short film The Dreamer sparked a Hollywood bidding war over the remake rights.

Scott Stuber and Mary Parent will produce from a script penned by Eric Garcia and Garret Lerner, who wrote the script based on a novel by Garcia.

The team have been working on The Repossession Mambo with Sapochnik for the past four years. It will start shooting this summer.

Jude is no stranger to the sci-fi genre - his credits include Gattaca, Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow and AI: Artificial Intelligence.


France honours ’generous’ Jude - Mar 2 2007
British actor Jude Law said he was "speechless" today after receiving an honour from France for his contribution to cinema.

The Alfie star collected the award at a ceremony at the Residence de France in west London.

Friends and family of the actor looked on as he was given a glowing tribute by French ambassador Gerard Errera and then presented with the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres medal.

With the green, white and silver medal glittering on his lapel, Jude looked slightly stunned before thanking the ambassador for his "wonderful words", which had included calling the actor exceptionally talented and a "generous man".

Jude said: "I am speechless. My mum and dad have lived in France for 15 years so really it is a country I share as my home."