Jacobi and Redgrave Help Solve Riddle

Openly gay actor Derek Jacobi is one of England's most highly regarded character actors.

Though he's not hugely famous in the United States, gay art-house film fans will remember him as Daniel Craig's (the new 007) artist lover in 1997's Love Is the Devil.

His latest role, however, is as a supporting player opposite U.K. football star and X3 scene-stealer Vinnie Jones (he was Juggernaut) in the upcoming drama The Riddle.

It's the story of a sports reporter looking to cross over into hard news by solving a murder that involves the discovery of an unpublished Charles Dickens novel (because you know how these things happen).

Jones has equally impressive assistance from Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave and from Jason Flemyng (star of gay indies Hollow Reed and Alive and Kicking).

Look for this interesting intersection of talents to surface on screens later this year.