Category Archives: Irish Film

KNEECAP trailer

Kneecap

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.

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Murphy Returns As Tommy Shelby

Cillian Murphy

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.

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Beatles biopic lands Irish talent

Barry Keoghan

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. 

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KNEECAP trailer

Kneecap

A trailer for the award-winning Irish language documentary KNEECAP has been released. Based on the origin story of the riotous and ground-breaking Irish-language rap trio, the film stars bandmembers Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí in their acting debuts. Set in west Belfast in 2019, the film chronicles how fate brings the trio together and how they then go on to “change the sound of Irish music forever.” KNEECAP will be in Irish theatres Aug 8.

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THE WATCHED now in theatres

Dakota Fanning

Written and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan, THE WATCHED, is now in Irish theatres. Filmed in Co Galway and Co Wicklow, The Watched tells the story of Mina (Dakota Fanning, RIPLEY), a troubled American woman living in Galway who becomes lost in the woods while on a road trip – and soon discovers she has an audience. The cast includes Irish actors Olwen Fouéré and Oliver Finnegan alongside British actor Georgina Campbell – with the Irish landscape also playing a major role in the film.

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Brosnan in THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL

Pierce Brosnan

FAST CHARLIE star Pierce Brosnan can now be seen in HBO’s THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL. Also starring the great Jessica Lange in one of her best performances, the film is essential viewing for those eager to see what acting can be at its transcendent, transfixing finest. Pierce Brosnan plays Ty, a neighbor who conveniently has a terrace adjacent to Lillian’s. 

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Andrew Scott in KNIVES OUT sequel

Andrew Scott

RIPLEY star Andrew Scott has joined the sprawling cast of WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT STORY.  The FLEABAG actor will star in the whodunit alongside the previously announced additions of CHALLENGERS breakout Josh O’Connor and Cailee Spaeny of PRISCILLA fame. And of course, Daniel Craig will reprise his role as the quirky sleuth at the center of it all, Benoit Blanc. The initial 2019 film KNIVES OUT was released by Lionsgate and surpassed $310 million at the global box office. 

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