Brendan Foley's UK thriller The Riddle, starring Vinnie Jones, Derek Jacobi, Vanessa Redgrave and Julie Cox, will become the first feature film to receive its premiere via a national newspaper release.

The Mail on Sunday purchased the rights to the film and is giving away up to 2.5m DVDs with the newspaper on Sept 16.

The film follows a journalist to wants to solve modern murders that involve the discovery of an unpublished manuscript from Charles Dickens.

InFrame handles sales on the title.

'As the maker of a London indie movie with a great cast, this is as good as it gets,' Brendan said.