Colin Farrell stars in VOYAGERS, now streaming on Amazon Prime. Thirty children are sent into space on a multi-generational mission to reach a newly discovered planet. When the one adult on board is killed, the young crew descends into chaos, reverting to their most primitive state of being.
Acclaimed Irish actors Liam Neeson and Ciarán Hinds are teaming up for the first time in a new thriller film which is expected to begin production next year. Entitled IN THE LAND OF SAINTS & SINNERS, Neeson will play a “newly retired assassin”, who, you guessed it, gets dragged back into the job he so desperately wants to leave behind.
Barry Keoghan has confirmed that he has wrapped filming THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN also starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. It had been shooting for several weeks in Achill Island off the coast of Co Mayo, and apparently, it’s now in the can for director Martin McDonagh to work his magic on.
The Almeida Theatre in London has extended its current run of THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH until November 27. The Yaël Farber’s production stars Saoirse Ronan as Lady Macbeth and James McArdle in the title role. The Almeida has now announced that the show will be streamed online between October 27 and October 30, with the actors performing live from the theatre each night.
Focus Features has debuted a wonderful second official trailer for BELFAST, written and directed by Irish actor / filmmaker Kenneth Branagh, described as his “most personal film” yet. A coming-of-age drama set during the tumult of late-1960s Northern Ireland, the film follows young Buddy while he navigates a landscape of working-class struggle, sweeping cultural changes, and sectarian violence.
A trailer for the new feature film WOLF, which was filmed in Ireland and is a co-production with Poland, has landed online. The film follows Jacob, played by 1917 star George MacKay, who believes he’s a wolf trapped in a man’s body. The cast also includes such Irish stars as Martin McCann, Eileen Walsh, and DATING AMBER stars Fionn O’Shea and Lola Petticrew.
Kate Dolan’s directorial feature debut takes on the task of weaving folklore about changelings with familial struggles. In YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER horror is reframed within the confines of a quaint Irish home where terror lies within the shocking transformation Char (Hazel Doupe) witnesses in her mother Angela (Carolyn Bracken).
The first trailer for Kenneth Branagh’s new film BELFAST has now been released, offering a first look at the famed director’s semi-autobiographical project and revealing the theatrical release date. The film will draw heavily from the Academy Award nominated director’s childhood in Northern Ireland. It is set to be a “poignant story of love, laughter, and loss” amid music and the tumultuous 1960s in Northern Ireland as nine-year-old Buddy’s childhood is upturned by the start of The Troubles.