THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB update
Irish acting legend Pierce Brosnan has joined a cast of supreme acting talent in the film adaptation of Richard Osman’s THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB. Netflix released an image of author Richard Osman with director on set with Brosnan, Helen Mirren, Sir Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie in character as Elizabeth, Ron, Ibrahim and Joyce, respectively. As of August 2024, there is no official release date for the movie, however, we do know that Netflix will now be releasing the movie. Osman has also confirmed that the film will get a cinema release too, before its streaming debut.
Andrew Scott in VANYA
Andrew Scott, the Emmy-nominated star of FLEABAG and ALL OF US STRANGERS, has brought his tour-de-force performance to New York as Simon Stephens’s radical adaptation of VANYA begins previews at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Fresh from his recent cinematic triumphs in ALL OF US STRANGERS and RIPLEY, Scott now reprises the Olivier Award-winning role that…
Caitriona Balfe in THE AMATEUR
As the beloved time-traveling nurse Claire Fraser in OUTLANDER, Caitriona Balfe has captivated audiences across seven seasons of the hit Starz series. Now, with the second half of OUTLANDER’s seventh season approaching and only one final season remaining, fans are eagerly following Balfe’s career beyond the Scottish highlands. The Irish actress is making a significant…
PEAKY BLINDERS wraps filming
The curtain has fallen on filming for the highly anticipated PEAKY BLINDERS movie, with creator Steven Knight confirming production wrapped on December 13th. “We’ve got Barry Keoghan, Tim Roth, Rebecca Ferguson, and obviously Cillian Murphy and Stephen Graham,” Knight revealed on The Playlist’s Bingeworthy podcast, adding with palpable excitement, “And I have to say, it…
Fassbender talks BLACK BAG
From the rolling hills of Ireland to international spy thrillers, Michael Fassbender follows in the footsteps of his Irish predecessor Pierce Brosnan, bringing a distinctive Celtic intensity to the world of cinematic espionage. Fassbender’s latest venture, BLACK BAG, echoes Brosnan’s legendary tenure as 007, though with a decidedly more intimate and psychologically complex approach. In…
Fassbender and Brosnan in BLACK BAG
In Steven Soderbergh’s latest espionage drama BLACK BAG, two Irish actors create an enthralling dynamic that elevates this understated spy narrative beyond conventional genre trappings. Michael Fassbender and Pierce Brosnan—both Irish-born talents who’ve carved distinct paths through Hollywood—bring their considerable skills to a film that deliberately subverts expectations. Soderbergh’s downbeat, tongue-in-cheek spy comedy positions Fassbender…
BEAT THE LOTTO wins Best Film Award
Ross Whitaker’s BEAT THE LOTTO has scooped the BEST FILM Awards at this year’s Dublin International Film Festival. In a nation where parents once joked about robbing banks to afford their children’s desires, the 1980s introduction of Ireland’s National Lottery transformed wishful thinking into a new colloquialism: “Maybe if we win the Lotto.” For Cork…
