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.
Irish actress Eve Hewson will be starring alongside Nicole Kidman in a new Netflix murder mystery, based on the novel written by Elin Hilderbrand. In THE PERFECT COUPLE, Eve will play Amelia Sacks, who is about to marry into one of the richest families in Nantucket. The impressive cast also includes Billy Howle, who plays the groom Benji, and Irish actor Jack Reynor, who plays his brother, Thomas. Dakota Fanning also graces the screen as Thomas’ wife. THE PERFECT COUPLE premieres Sept 5.
THE BANSHEES OF ENISHERIN star Brendan Gleeson has joined the cast of Prime Video’s SPIDER-NOIR. Gleeson joins Nicholas Cage as the title hero, who “tells the story of an aging and down-on-his-luck private investigator (Cage) in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city’s one and only superhero.” This marks one of Gleeson’s first announced project since his Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated turn in THE BANSHEES OF ENISHERIN.
MAX has revealed an impressive second teaser trailer for the upcoming spin-off series THE PENGUIN, confirmed for a September launch later this year. Oscar nominee Colin Farrell returns from THE BATMAN as Oz, bringing us his full transformation into the infamous DC Comics villain who gives Batman quite a fright. Farrell can currrently be seen in the hit Apple TV show SUGAR.
The juicy trailer to the second half of BRIDGERTON season three has arrived. Netflix dropped the look at the highly anticipated next part of the latest season Monday. The trailer shows how the whole town is abuzz after the “sudden” engagement between Nicola Coughlan’s Penelope Featherington and Luke Newton’s Colin Bridgerton. BRIDGERTON season 3 part two arrives June 13.
A new GAME OF THRONES spin off show, A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS, will begin filming at Titanic Studios in the next few weeks with author George RR Martin expected to make a visit to the site in July. The author confirmed in a blog post that three seasons have been written for the upcoming series, although they will be shorter than both GAME OF THRONES and HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. The show will debut in 2025, with actor Peter Claffey cast as lead character, Ser Duncan.
The new Netflix series BODKIN is making headlines all over the world! A group of podcasters set out to investigate the mysterious disappearance of three strangers in an idyllic Irish town. But when they start to pull the strings, they find a story much bigger and stranger than they could have imagined. Irish actor David Wilmot (THE GUARD, CALVARY) shines as Seamus Gallagher, a man with many secrets and regrets.
THE FALL star Aisling Bea recently talked to Rob Brydon on the Welsh star’s podcast, BRYDON AND. The pair talk about Aisling’s early life, how she approaches her unique career and what it was like working with Domhnall Gleeson and Andrea Riseborough on Channel 4’s ALICE AND JACK as well as the upcoming series 2 of Avoidance with Romesh Ranganathan.