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Eve Hewson in HEDDA

Eve Hewson

Eve Hewson (BAD SISTERS) is set to join Tessa Thompson in HEDDA. Hewson is a rising star who drew rave reviews out of Sundance for her starring turn opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt in John Carney’s Dublin-set musical dramedy FLORA AND SON, which was swooped on at the festival by Apple at a price just under $20M, and is slated for release this fall. The Irish actress is currently in production opposite Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Dakota Fanning and more on Netflix’s limited series THE PERFECT COUPLE.

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Irish Film

Happy Birthday Liam Neeson!

Liam Neeson

Happy Birthday Liam Neeson! The Ballymena native has done us proud, having received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2020, he was placed seventh on The Irish Times list of Ireland’s 50 Greatest Film Actors.

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Irish Film

THE GATES trailer

The Gates

Irish supernatural serial killer horror film titled THE GATES has released it’s first trailer. In the film, a serial killer has been sentenced to death by electric chair in London in the 1890s, but in his final hours, he puts a curse on the prison he is in, and all of those in it. The movie comes from director Stephen Hall, and it also stars John Rhys-Davies, Michael Yare, Elena Delia, David Pearse and Peter Coonan.

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Irish Film

Ruth Negga in AD ASTRA

Ruth Negga

Irish actor/producer Ruth Negga has built a solid career through powerful performances of incredible women. You can now watch her in AD ASTRA, alongside Hollywood legend Brat Pitt in which she plays Helen Lantos. The sci-fi film follows an astronaut who ventures into space in search of his lost father, whose obsessive quest to discover intelligent alien life at all costs threatens the Solar System and all life on Earth.

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Irish Film

Derek Thompson to exit CASUALTY

Casualty

CASUALTY’s longest-serving cast member Derek Thompson will leave the soap after almost four decades playing Charlie Fairhead, the BBC has announced. The 75-year-old said “the time has come for me to hang up Charlie’s scrubs after the most wonderful 37 years” starring in nearly 900 episodes of the much-loved TV programme. The BBC said Thompson will be filming until autumn, with his final scenes airing next year in the “culmination of a gripping exit storyline which will see the character front and centre of the action”.

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Irish Television

Happy Birthday Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell

From TIGERLAND to BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, Colin Farrell is Hollywood gold. The Castleknock native has ascended to leading man status in blockbusters and independent films since the 2000s and has received various awards and nominations, including two Golden Globe Awards and a nomination for an Academy Award. Farrell is currently shooting LOVE CHILD with his THE LOBSTER co-star Rachel Weiss.

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Irish Film

Irish movies to stream from home

The Guard

Scroll through Netflix and Amazon Prime no more. If you are looking for an incredible Irish film to watch, look no further. From war films to comedy dramas, we’re going to outline what we think are the best Irish movies on Netflix and Amazon Prime right now.

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Irish Film

Hinds in THE RINGS OF POWER

Ciaran Hinds

BELFAST star Ciaran Hinds has been cast in a recurring role in THE RINGS OF POWER. Hinds is a GAME OF THRONES alum joining the fold, having been nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2022 for his performance in BELFAST alongside OUTLANDER‘S Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, and Judi Dench.

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Caitríona Balfe in AMATEUR

Caitríona Balfe

BELFAST actor Caitríona Balfe is set to co-star with Rami Malek in AMATEUR. The story follows a CIA cryptographer who, after his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, demands his bosses go after them. Balfe’s role wasn’t disclosed, nor was a filming schedule, so it’ll be a while before we see it. Meanwhile, her hit series on the Starz network OUTLANDER premieres its seventh season on Friday, June 16. 

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Irish Film

NTA 2023 Honours List

Northern Ireland

A number of big names in the Northern Irish film and TV industry have been recognised for this year’s National Television Awards. The NTAs are the most prominent ceremony for the industry in which the results are voted on by the general public, and are often branded as ‘television’s biggest night of the year’. This year’s ceremony will be hosted by presenter Joel Dommett and will take place at the O2 in London on Tuesday, September 5 2023.

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QUEEN CHARLOTTE’S Irish producer

Netflix

How does one woman from Dublin go from watching the Sopranos on the couch with her dad as a child to producing QUEEN CHARLOTTE, one of the biggest titles to come out of Netflix so far this year? Well according to Anna O’Malley, it takes a lot of hard work and fighting through those moments when it feels like things have ground to a halt. 

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Irish Television