Eve Hewson, the Irish actress now starring alongside Sharon Horgan on the dark Apple TV+ comedy BAD SISTERS, will be saluted at the 17th annual Oscar Wilde Awards in March, it was announced Monday. Hewson will receive the Wilde Card Award, which event organizer Trina Vargo, president of the US-Ireland Alliance, notes is used “to bring attention to rising talent who may not yet be a household name, but who we expect will be.”
The classic noir plot follows a brooding, down on his luck detective who is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress. He soon discovers that underneath the missing man’s disappearance lies a web of corruption that puts him right in the crosshairs of several of the city’s richest, and most dangerous constituents. Liam Neeson stars as the detective Philip Marlowe, who’s also joined by Jessica Lange, Colm Meaney and Alan Cumming.
GRABBERS director Jon Wright is back with the creature feature UNWELCOME (formerly The Little People), and it’s getting a brand new release date just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. The film, described as Gremlins meets Straw Dogs, spins a tale of what happens to people who come in contact with the violent, bloodthirsty goblins known originally in Irish folklore as the fear dearg or “far darrig,” now often referred to worldwide as the “Redcaps.”
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN has won three major prizes at the Golden Globes’ comeback ceremony in Los Angeles. The film took home best comedy or musical film and best screenplay, as well as best comedy actor for its star, Irish actor Colin Farrell. I never expect my films to find an audience, and when they do it’s shocking for me,” Farrell said.
The annual Golden Globes ceremony is due to make a star-studded return tonight following a muted ceremony in 2022 – and it could be a great night for the Irish. Kerry Condon, Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson and Barry Keoghan, and THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN writer-director Martin McDonagh are among this year’s nominees. Condon, Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Keoghan are nominated for their performances in McDonagh’s film.
The NORMAL PEOPLE actor has been cast in the starring role in Ridley Scott’s long-promised sequel to his 2000 Best Picture winner GLADIATOR. Mescal will take on the starring role of the adult Lucius (played by Spencer Treat Clark in the original movie), who will presumably have to give up his fancy “nephew of the now dead emperor” lifestyle in order to to live up to the example that Russell Crowe’s general-turned-gladiator Maximus set in the original movie.
Colin Farrell has been honoured at the 34th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. The Dublin native was presented the Desert Palm Achievement Award for his Oscar-tipped performance in the Martin McDonagh-directed THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN. Speaking to Variety, the actor praised his fellow Irish co-star Brendan Gleeson, saying their next project together couldn’t come “soon enough”.
Irish director John Carney’s FLORA AND SON, is a US-Ireland co-production from Dublin-based Treasure Entertainment. BAD SISTERS star Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt star in the film about a woman inspired by a guitar she finds in a bin for her teenage son. Carney is the filmmaker behind ONCE and SING STREET, both of which garnered critical acclaim upon release.