We received this news earlier on today and promised that we wouldn’t post it until midnight tonight. Well, that time has come and we can now let you know that Never Let Me Go is to open the 54th BFI London Film Festival 2010.

Never Let Me Go is directed by Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo) and stars Keira Knightley (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement), BAFTA winner and Oscar® nominee Carey Mulligan (An Education) and BAFTA TV award winner Andrew Garfield (Boy A, Red Riding).

The press release also tells us that the full line-up will be unveiled at the Press Launch on Wednesday 8th September with the festival running 13th-28th October.

You can see all our coverage from ‘Never Let Me Go’ so far here.

Here’s the official press release: