Happy Birthday Liam Neeson! The Ballymena native has done us proud, having received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2020, he was placed seventh on The Irish Times list of Ireland’s 50 Greatest Film Actors.
Liam Neeson leads the RETRIBUTION cast with famous child actors, award-winning Broadway stars, and an ‘80s icon in supporting roles. This is the latest in a long line of action movies starring Neeson. A remake of the 2015 Spanish thriller EL DESCONOCIDO, RETRIBUTION revolves around a banker who gets into his car with his kids and learns that the car has been rigged with bombs that will explode if anyone leaves their seat or the car is stopped. The mysterious assailant, who calls the banker on a phone he left in the car, will deactivate the bombs if he transfers a large sum of money into his account.
You can now watch Liam Neeson in MARLOWE from home. Based on John Banville’s novel “The Black-Eyed Blonde,” the neo-noir crime thriller follows Raymond Chandler’s iconic detective Philip Marlowe (Neeson), who is hired to find heiress Clare Cavendish’s (Diane Kruger) missing former lover. In his 100th career film, Neeson reunites with his “Michael Collins” director, Neil Jordan.
Liam Neeson has shared a controversial opinion he has about the Disney Plus STAR WARS series, and answered if he’d return for a Qui-Gon Jinn spin-off series. Neeson starred in the first Star Wars movie prequel, THE PHANTOM MENACE, as Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn where he acted as the mentor to both Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. He was killed by the Sith Darth Maul, but became a fan favourite character for his calm demeanour and wisdom.
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.
Liam Neeson has been named as the highest-grossing Irish movie star. The study by Irish casino Slotbox.com analysed box office figures for the top Irish movie stars to see who has grossed the most from their leading roles. It found that Neeson has grossed €5,913,868,915 worldwide in total across his 52 leading roles, with each film grossing €113,728,248 on average.
For his 100th film, Irish legend Liam Neeson is set to star in Oscar-winning director Neil Jordan’s upcoming noir thriller MARLOWE. Recently acquired by Open Road Films, this gripping period piece boasts a stacked cast of stars embroiled in a 1930’s mystery of unexpected twists, and with Neeson involved, it’s fair to expect a heart-pounding shoot-out and brooding intensity. With its acquisition, MARLOWE sets its theatrical wide release for this December.
In a cover story at the time, Hot Press spoke to Liam Neeson about MICHAEL COLLINS. No Irish film in years had been more eagerly anticipated, nor more fiercely debated, than Neil Jordan’s biopic. To mark the centenary of the death of the Irish revolutionary hero, the interview has been re-published, and provides a completely fascinating – and illuminating exchange.
Liam Neeson just turned 100. That’s not years, but movies. In December, the Irish actor, 69, finished his 100th film. “I can’t friggin’ believe it!” he says of the milestone. “For the first time in my life, I can say I’m really, really proud: I’ve made a hundred movies! It’s just extraordinary.” This month, he’s back onscreen in MEMORY, an action thriller from CASINO ROYALE director Martin Campbell. He plays Alex Lewis, an assassin battling early stages of Alzheimer’s disease who becomes a target himself when he refuses to complete a job assignment from a dangerous criminal syndicate.
Filming on action thriller IN THE LAND OF SAINTS & SINNERS is to begin in March in Killybegs and Glencolmcille. The action adventure tells the story of a retired assassin who is forced into a game of cat and mouse with three terrorists. Now, the film’s producers, along with the Donegal Film Office, have issued a call for movie trainees to work on the film.