Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson will co-star in the new FX thriller THE PATIENT with Steve Carell. In the 10 episode limited series, Steve Carell plays a therapist held hostage by his serial killer patient. According to EW, the psychological thriller will follow shrink Alan Strauss (Carell) as he helps the troubled Sam Fortner (Gleeson) “navigate complex emotions.”
IRISH actress Ruth Negga beamed alongside a major Hollywood star as she voiced her support for Limerick’s hurlers. The Treatymen won their third All-Ireland in a row in the sweltering heat of Croke Park, beating Kilkenny 1-31 to 2-26. Wearing a stunning black dress and a leopard print cardigan, Ruth was all smiles beside Hollywood A-lister, Daniel Craig. The James Bond star wore a simple t-shirt and jeans and a green cap with the Limerick crest on the front.
Irish actor Gabriel Byrne discusses the stage adaptation of his memoir Walking With Ghosts, playing Samuel Beckett in a new film – and making peace with being an exile. In his new memoir, Byrne has a surfeit of funny, as well as surreal, and sometimes painfully self-revealing stories, not just about the films that have made his name (Excalibur, Defence of the Realm, Miller’s Crossing, The Usual Suspects) and the stars he has worked with, from Richard Burton to Leonardo DiCaprio, but also his eventful life before he became an actor.
The trailer for new Irish-language movie RÓISE AND FRANK, which is set to hit cinemas on September 16, has been released. The eagerly-awaited movie takes place in the Gaeltacht area in Ring, Co. Waterford, and tells the story of the recently widowed Róise (Bríd Ní Neachtain) who is struggling in the aftermath of her husband Frank’s passing.
Actor Paul Mescal’s new movie AFTERSUN is set to open the 75th Edinburgh International Film Festival. The film, by Scottish filmmaker Charlotte Wells, debuted at Cannes’ Critics’ Week garnering rave reviews and won the French Touch jury prize. It stars NORMAL PEOPLE actor Mescal and newcomer Frankie Corio as a young father and his 11-year-old daughter who are on holiday at a resort in Turkey in the late 1990s.
Jack Reynor is set to feature in the upcoming thriller MOTHER’S MILK, starring Hilary Swank and Olivia Cooke. The film recently wrapped shooting in New York. It is directed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, who also wrote the script with Madison Harrison. Reynor, 30, is known for his roles in WHAT RICHARD DID, SING STREET and MIDSOMMAR.
This August, Stephen returns to Kilkenny Arts Festival to host Saíocht, a beautiful evening of music and poetry in St. John’s Priory on Monday, August 8. Saíocht features Ireland’s leading poets Gabriel Rosenstock and Emily Cullen. Joined by acclaimed Irish traditional musicians, Louise Mulcahy, Michelle Mulcahy and Neil Martin, the super-group will explore the fascinating artistic relationship between the Irish literary tradition and Irish traditional music.
Saoirse Ronan steps into the shoes of enthusiastic newcomer Constable Stalker in SEE HOW THEY RUN. Set in 1950s London, and in the West End to be precise, the movie follows the aftermath of a big-name death — a Hollywood director who was set to turn a smash-hit play into a film. Slated to hit cinemas at the end of September, the flick hails from first-time feature director Tom George with Mark Chappell on scripting duties.