PASSING star Ruth Negga has had a busy year shooting major projects for the big streaming platforms. The Irish actress can now be seen in both PRESUMED INNOCENT and GOOD GRIEF. PRESUMED INNOCENT tells the story of a horrific murder that upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorneys’ office when one of its own is suspected of the crime. GOOD GRIEF is a heartwarming tale of love and loss, with Negga shining as Sophie, the kind of friend we all need in times of need.
What a year it’s been for Andrew Scott, with global acclaim adding up for this performances in RIPLEY and ALL OF US STRANGERS. Now, the Dublin actor will star in PRESSURE, a true story ticking-clock thriller set amidst the D-Day landings in WWII from HOTEL MUMBAI director Anthony Maras. Due to shoot in the UK this September, Maras’ film has no release window or further casting announcements beyond Scott’s involvement yet.
Sony Pictures Classics has picked up Saoirse Ronan’s addiction drama THE OUTRUN for a fall theatrical release. Director Nora Fingscheidt’s film, which stars Ronan as a young Scottish woman from the Orkney Islands who repeatedly plumbs rock bottom before finally resolving to control her alcohol addiction, will be released by StudioCanal in the U.K. and Ireland on Sep. 27. The project reunites Sony Pictures Classics with Ronan, who starred in the 2018 film adaption of THE SEAGULL.
We’re just a little over four months away from the premiere of GLADIATOR 2 and the anticipation is real. According to Paul Mescal, the film is about “what human beings will do to survive, but also what human beings will do to win.” Lucius definitely looks like he knows how to skillfully wield a sword — and do serious damage to his opponents.
A new trailer has been released for the award winning Irish language documentary KNEECAP. In this fiercely original sex, drugs and hip-hop biopic KNEECAP play themselves, laying down a global rallying cry for the defense of native cultures. Rapping in their native Irish language, KNEECAP fast become the unlikely figureheads of a Civil Rights movement to save their mother tongue. But the trio must first overcome police, paramilitaries & politicians trying to silence their defiant sound – whilst their anarchic approach to life often makes them their own worst enemies.
In their Actors on Actors conversation, Brie Larson (LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY) and Andrew Scott (RIPLEY) trade notes on auditioning, rejection, and how to be the ultimate on-set collaborator. Scott asks Larson about the lessons she took from ROOM and Scott explains how he got into the complicated psyche of Tom Ripley.
Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy is set to return as Birmingham gangster Tommy Shelby in a PEAKY BLINDERS movie. The film, made in collaboration with the BBC, will be directed by Tom Harper and penned by series creator Steven Knight. Murphy, who recently won his first Best Actor Oscar for OPPENHEIMER expressed his excitement about revisiting the iconic character. “It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me. It is very gratifying to be recollaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the film version of Peaky Blinders. This is one for the fans,” the actor said in a statement.
Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes will bring The Beatles to life in a new format with Irish actors Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan lined up for major roles. Mescal, fresh from his Oscar-nominated performance in AFTERSUN, is cast as Paul McCartney. Barry Keoghan, another Oscar nominee known for his role in THE BANSHEES OF INSIHERIN, will take on the character of Ringo Starr.