City of Tiny Lights (film)

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 has been selected to be screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.

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.