After eight years of silence from one of cinema’s most revered figures, Daniel Day-Lewis is stepping back into the spotlight with ANEMONE, a deeply personal project that marks both his return to acting and a remarkable creative collaboration with his son, Ronan. The first trailer has arrived, offering our first glimpse of what promises to be one of the most compelling comebacks in recent memory.
What makes ANEMONE so extraordinary isn’t just Day-Lewis’s return, but the intimate nature of the project itself. The film represents the feature debut of his 27-year-old son Ronan, who has spent his career primarily as a painter with only two short films to his credit. Together, father and son have crafted a screenplay that distributors describe as exploring “the complex and profound ties that exist between brothers, fathers, and sons.” The meta-textual implications are impossible to ignore.
Set against the stark landscape of Yorkshire in the late 1980s, ANEMONE tells the story of two brothers whose lives remain haunted by their service as British paramilitaries in Northern Ireland two decades prior. It’s a premise that feels tailor-made for Day-Lewis, whose career has been defined by his ability to inhabit characters wrestling with historical trauma and moral complexity. From his Oscar-winning turns in MY LEFT FOOT, LINCOLN, and THERE WILL BE BLOOD to his unforgettable performances in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE, and THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, Day-Lewis has consistently chosen projects that demand both physical and emotional transformation.
There’s something particularly poetic about Day-Lewis returning to acting through a project that explores father-son relationships. His own artistic legacy includes THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE, a 2005 film directed by his wife Rebecca Miller, Ronan’s mother. Now, the creative circle completes itself as the family that has long kept their private lives separate from Day-Lewis’s public persona comes together for what feels like their most vulnerable work yet.
For audiences who have spent nearly a decade wondering if they’d ever see Day-Lewis on screen again, ANEMONE represents more than just another film. It’s a meditation on legacy, family, and the bonds that both bind and burden us. In choosing to return through a story about brothers haunted by their past, Day-Lewis seems to be grappling with his own relationship to a career that brought him unparalleled acclaim but also, apparently, profound emotional cost.
Colin Farrel just became the voice of @f1 `s biggest campaign of the year!
FIVE LIGHTS, a 90-second cinematic film narrated by Farrell and set to UNKLE`s Reign, launches F1`s return from summer break ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix, and it`s a perfect pairing given how well known his love of racing is.
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Caitríona Balfe has joined Disney`s live-action TANGLED as Queen Arianna, Rapunzel`s long-lost mother.
She joins a growing cast that includes Teagan Croft, Milo Manheim, Kathryn Hahn with the film set for cinemas on March 31, 2028.
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He`s baaaack!
@piercebrosnanofficial returns in MOBLAND season two with Helen Mirren and everyone`s favourite bad boy, Tom Hardy, premiering Sep 18 only on @paramountplus.
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Domhnall Gleeson is back in THE PAPER Season 2!
Ned isn`t just central to the newsroom drama anymore, he`s now the editor of the Toledo Truth Teller, steering the team through two major investigations: a fire death and a tornado aftermath.
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Martin McDonagh is back 🎬
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In cinemas November 6th. Who`s ready? 👇
Caitríona Balfe is heading back to television 👁️
The OUTLANDER star teams with Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón for ASCENSION, a psychological horror thriller for Apple TV, playing Rose, a documentary filmmaker probing a mysterious 20th-century cult... only to find something far more sinister waiting beneath its teachings.
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Phoenix rising 🔥🎬
CILLIAN MURPHY and wife Yvonne McGuinness have got the green light to bring Dingle`s beloved Phoenix Cinema back to life — not just as a cinema, but as a full-blown creative hub for west Kerry.
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Aisling Bea is going to Mars 🚀
The Irish actress and BAFTA TV winner has joined the cast of STARMAN, starring alongside Brendan Fraser and Jeff Daniels, playing defiant Irish photographer Julia Hanley opposite Fraser`s stranded astronaut.
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Irish director Lenny Abrahamson (NORMAL PEOPLE, ROOM) is set to direct YOU ARE HERE.
The eight-part screen adaptation of David Nicholls` best-selling novel will star Claire Foy (THE CROWN) and Matthew MacFayden (SUCCESSION)
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