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 is reprising his role as Qui-Gon Jinn in the Disney+ animated franchise series TALES OF THE JEDI. The series will span many years and different shorts. It will show many different characters from the Star Wars universe, from Jedi to Ahsoka Tano to Mace Windu. Dave Filoni helped create the series and currently works on the Lucasfilm’s live-action Ahsoka series. Though Neeson is not playing the character as he did before, it’s still a comfort to fans to know he’s still in the franchise.
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.
Liam Neeson is returning to his roots by narrating a big screen documentary, IRELAND, that will play in IMAX and other giant screen theaters from February 11 across the U.S., Canada, and Ireland. The pic follows Irish writer Manchán Magan on a cross-country adventure exploring the island of Ireland’s history, culture and stunning landscapes, connecting people of Irish descent from around the world to their land, language, and stories along the way.
In the 25 years since premiering the film has gone on to become – for better or worse – a classic of Irish cinema, even topping The Independent’s list of Top 50 Irish Films You Must See. However, looking back, there’s no doubt the film is somewhat of an anomaly: an Irish production, made with Hollywood money and a bona-fide Hollywood star in Julia Roberts, and all the while telling a very specific Irish story.
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.
THE ICE ROAD is Neeson’s latest film, arriving this week on Netflix, and it continues his career’s somewhat improbable second act as an action hero. Neeson stars here as Mike McCann, a trucker who is one of several drivers recruited to transport three large, heavy drills to a remote northern Canada mine in order to free miners trapped in a collapse.