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Rupert Grint’s film Cherrybomb is having a hard time finding distribution and a petition has been started to get the movie released into theaters. While the flick has been shown to some movie festival audiences and won praise, it is still languishing without a company willing to finance it’s theatrical distribution. The petition has approximately 10,000 signatures with over 4,800 coming from the United States.

From the Cherrybomb American Distribution Petition:

To:  Distributers To American Film Distributors

We, the undersigned, urge you to distribute the film Cherrybomb in the United States. We present you with signatures from people all over the country who want this film in their local theaters. We come together as fans of Rupert Grint, of independent cinema and, most of all, of Cherrybomb.
Rupert Grint, star of the Harry Potter films, plays the lead role in Cherrybomb. However, it is not solely Harry Potter fans who are interested in this film. Many websites that publish features on Cherrybomb are saturated with comments from movie-goers who are eager to see the film. The trailer has captured the attention of both teenagers as well as adults. Critics are noticing that Rupert Grint completely shakes off his trademark Ron Weasley persona from the Harry Potter movies. Industry professionals are hailing the great performances by the leading actors, as well as the skillful and impressive direction of the film.

Cherrybomb’s focus is a quest for a new identity, seen through the eyes of a rampant teenage culture. The film is visually beautiful and fast paced, with an award-nominated soundtrack, offering a complete cinematic experience. Distributors like yourself should not be surprised to learn that audiences in America are hungry to see Cherrybomb in their local theaters and movie houses. We will support your efforts to bring this film to its audience.

Interested in showing your support? Here’s how you go about it…

First: Click here to see a sample email for you to compose.

Second: Click here and choose your (closest) country of origin and read the statement, then click the submit button to send your email of support.

Not convinced? Check out the trailer below

Harry Potter star Rupert Grint gave the starting flag a wave for the race car drivers at RAF Marham and the Richard Burns Memorial Rally in Norfolk England. He was there with his family to support one of the drivers in particular, his younger brother James, as well as be the official starter for the rally.

On his brother’s turn at the wheel: “It’s quite a new thing for him. He is just getting started, but he has got a natural ability. I wouldn’t have a go. The cars go really fast so it’s not something I am brave enough to do. I trust his ability though. So far he hasn’t had any accidents.”

Sounds like a nice weekend for Rupert and his family.

It is difficult for any child actor to make the transition to adult actor and to be taken seriously in a role other than the one that made them famous. Add to that, the cultural impression a series of movies as large as ‘Harry Potter’  has had on us all and it’s a formidable task to undertake. That is the crossroads where Rupert Grint finds himself career-wise, as the HP series begins to film the final installment.

“It’s always at the back of my mind that acting might come to an end for me when Harry Potter finishes. I don’t know if I’m good enough to have a long career. I’ve got a bit of an inferiority complex about my acting. My self-esteem is quite low in that sense.”

For now Grint is intent on having some fun with his toys: he owns an ice-cream truck and hovercraft among other gadgets, but he does seem to want a future in movies.

“From here on, I don’t want to play it safe. I need to take on roles that are as far away from Harry Potter as it’s possible to get. If I’m to continue as an actor, I need to play characters that are nothing like me at all.”

I love watching Grint and can’t wait to see his last film ‘Cherrybomb.’  I hope he is able to distance himself from the Ron Weasley character in the way that Daniel Radcliffe is working on doing with Harry Potter. Emma Watson just doesn’t feel as passionately about acting as the other two but if she does try to continue on, she will need to do the same thing and take on roles that do not remind the audience of Hermione Granger. I for one, am rooting for them all!

Loveable redhead Rupert Grint is steadily working in film after film in between Harry Potter films. He has just finished working with Helena Bonham Carter again (Bellatrix Lestrange in the HP films) in Wild Target and along with his other completed film, Cherrybomb, also due out in 2009, Grint is becoming the kind of working actor that many teen stars dream about. He is steadily building himself a solid career and interested in the next role. Grint will have at least these 3 films out next year including Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince. Look for Rupert to be everywhere.