WOLFWALKERS, made by Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, has been nominated for an Oscar. Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart’s Wolfwalkers, produced in Kilkenny, has been nominated as best animated feature for the upcoming 93rd Academy Awards.This is the Irish studio’s fourth nomination in the category and, locked in an apparent two-horse race with Pixar’s Soul, offers them their best chance yet to win the prize.
Irish football fans are in for a treat because Virgin Media has confirmed it will air the documentary FINDING JACK CHARLTON on March 28. Given the subject matter of the documentary which chronicles Charlton’s own battle with dementia, the broadcaster has also teamed with The Alzheimer Society of Ireland to launch a fundraising week from 22-28 March.
Liam Neeson is returning for another action thriller centred on an ageing assassin on a mission of vengeance. The Ballymena-born star is teaming up with Martin Campbell, whose previous credits include Casino Royale and Goldeneye, on the new film titled MEMORY.
Olivia Cooke can do no wrong — even as she’s doing lots of it in her latest movie, Irish new release PIXIE, where she plays the most intriguing femme fatale to come along in many a rising moon. PIXIE is a jaunty, Tarantino-wannabe contraption, loaded with double and quadruple crosses, genre-mashing diversions and loads of idiots dying sudden, violent deaths.
Rising Irish actor Barry Keoghan will play a world-champion snooker player plagued by gambling addiction who escapes to China in search of a fresh start only to become indebted to illegal bookmakers and forced into a mortal dilemma; throw the biggest match of his life or save his soul. The film is currently in pre-production with filming scheduled for fall 2021in Taiwan.
Veteran Irish actor Brendan Gleeson has been Golden Globe nominated for his portrayal of former President Donald Trump in THE COMEY RULE in the category for ‘Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television’. The limited series is available to stream from home on SHOWTIME.
Cartoon Saloon has established itself as one of the world’s most consistently excellent animation studios, having received Oscar nominations across multiple projects. Their latest project WOLFWALKERS, which sold in a glossy deal to Apple TV+, is a continuation of themes grounded in Irish folklore.
Actor Kenneth Branagh is set to play UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a new Sky Atlantic drama about the coronavirus pandemic. The actor, 60, is known for starring in Shakespeare plays including MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING and as Gilderoy Lockhard in the HARRY POTTER films.