Co-stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Robert Downey Jr discuss the Making of OPPENHEIMER, their global smash hit. What is it really like on a Christopher Nolan set? Did Cillian really say yes before reading the script? From pre-production to the release of the film, the cast talk about their favorite on-screen moments and their relationship with director Christopher Nolan.
The SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE World Premiere will take place at the 74th Berlinale, unspooling in the German capital from 15-25 February. The title, taking part in the festival’s main competition, stars Cillian Murphy, Ciaran Hinds, Michelle Fairley and Emily Watson in the leading roles. The Irish-Belgian co-production was penned by Enda Walsh and is based on the book of the same name by Claire Keegan (the writer of FOSTER, adapted into the Academy Award-nominated feature THE QUIET GIRL .
You might feel like you’re seeing Andrew Scott everywhere at the moment, and that’s because… you are. The Irish actor was recently on stage for the one-man performance of Anton Chekhov’s VANYA, then went straight into an ALL OF US STRANGERS press tour that’s been plastered across all social media platforms, and as of last week, he’s populated best-dressed lists as he undertakes the long and lengthy awards show circuit. This week, the Dublin-born actor is taking in the Louis Vuitton’s autumn/winter ’24 mens show.
Irish actress Alisha Weir has shared a terrifying trailer for her forthcoming movie, ABIGAIL. The 14-year-old from Dublin shot to fame in the title role of the 2022 hit film, MATILDA THE MUSICAL. Due to be released April 19, distributor Universal Pictures describes the movie as ‘a brash, blood-thirsty new vision of the vampire flick’. The cast also includes DOWNTON ABBEY star Dan Stevens, BREAKING BAD‘s Giancarlo Esposito and late Irish-American actor Angus Cloud, who passed away in July 2023 at the age of 25. The film is directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who helmed the two most recent SCREAM movies that revitalised the horror franchise.
As movie synopsis go, this one is a bit wacky. Everyone’s favourite Irish dad, Colm Meaney, returns to the big screen in NO WAY UP. The film surrounds a group of people involved in a plane crash, where they find themselves trapped at the bottom of the ocean in an air pocket – cue the sharks! Now that you’ve probably dropped everything you’re doing and watched the trailer in full, you’re no doubt just as excited as we are to watch THE SNAPPER and STAR TREK star fight off a bunch of bloodthirsty sharks at the bottom of the ocean. NO WAY UP will crash into US theatres and VOD platforms on February 16.
BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Oscar-winner, Kerry Condon, is back on the big screen in NIGHT SWIM. Forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, former baseball player Ray Waller moves into a new house with his wife and two children. He hopes that the backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for himself. However, a dark secret from the home’s past soon unleashes a malevolent force that drags the family into the depths of inescapable terror. Watch the NIGHT SWIM trailer below!
Filming is to be begin later this year on BELLY OF THE BEAST, director Andrew Haig’s follow-up to the Golden Globe nominated ALL OF US STRANGERS. Colin Farrell will star opposite Ben Stiller, who plays literary giant Norman Mailer. The biographical drama revolves around renowned writer Norman Mailer’s relationship with convict Jack Henry Abbott (Farrell) and the shocking events that unfold after the latter’s release from prison in 1981.
SINÉAD, RTE’s new documentary on the late Dublin singer, will air on Ireland’s national broadcaster Monday January 15th. It is a straightforward retelling of her life and times with astute contributions from Imelda May, Christy Moore, producer David Holmes, film director and DJ Don Letts, playwright and academic Bonnie Greer and others. Above all, SINÉAD celebrates O’Connor’s courage.