Tag Archives: Drama

Niamh Algar in MALPRACTICE

Niamh Algar

ITV has released the first image of Niamh Algar in medical thriller MALPRACTICE, where she plays a doctor suspected of wrongdoing following the death of a patient. The series comes from the mind of former NHS doctor Grace Ofori-Attah, whose earlier television work includes Idris Elba sitcom In the Long Run, while directing duties are being handled by BAFTA nominee Philip Barantini (THE RESPONDER). The five-part drama follows Dr Lucinda Edwards (Algar) as she is investigated following the death of an opioid overdose victim named Edith Owusu (Sherelle Armstrong).

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Saoirse Ronan in BLITZ

Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Ronan is currently filming BLITZ by 12 YEARS A SLAVE director Steve McQueen. It is no secret Ronan is the film’s leading lady, and has been spotted with platinum blonde hair, fashioned into a vintage curl. The Oscar nominee has stunned audiences in popular films such as LADY BIRD and LITTLE WOMEN, and is no stranger to the big screen. The film, to be released by Apple, will tell the story of how Londoners survived the German bombing campaign.

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Keoghan lands BILLY THE KID role

Barry Keoghan

Dublin native Barry Keoghan has confirmed he is set to star in a new movie retelling the story of BILLY THE KID. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN star will be playing the cowboy in the movie directed Bart Layton-directed film. They aim to lean into the Kid’s Irish ancestry and complicated childhood.

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Brosnan in FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE

Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan and Helena Bonham Carter are set to star in the Irish romance FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE directed by Polly Steele. Based on Niall Williams bestselling novel, the film will see Brosnan and Bonham Carter starring as the parents of fated lovers played by up-and-coming actors Fionn O’Shea (DANCE FIRST) and Ann Skelly (THE NEVERS). Gabriel Byrne will also star in the film.

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Neeson in MARLOWE

Liam Neeson

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.

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Mescal cast in GLADIATOR 2

Paul Mescal

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.

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Jamie Dornan on THE TOURIST

Jamie Dornan

This week, the BBC sat down virtually with Jamie Dornan (‘The Man’) and Chris Sweeney (Director) for a compelling deep-dive into THE TOURIST, covering everything from THAT opening scene to THOSE flies! Hurt, alive, but no idea who he is. Lost in the Australian outback, he’s running from a past he can’t remember – and someone wants him dead.

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THE QUIET GIRL director honoured

The Quiet Girl

The director of THE QUIET GIRL, Colm Bairéad, has said he feels ‘honoured’ after being named as one of the ‘British & Irish Film and TV Breakouts of 2022’ by The Hollywood Reporter. The film is one of 15 movies shortlisted in Los Angeles for an Oscar nomination in the best international feature film category earlier this month. The American magazine said the momentum that the film has gathered since release has been ‘extraordinary’.

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